Governments, research organizations, academic institutions, and universities should promote the generation and use of science and evidence-based knowledge, including indigenous, and traditional and local knowledge, that demonstrate climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience strategies for sustainable food systems and enabling healthy diets. Research should be science and evidence-based, open to local and traditional knowledge, include safeguards for the identification and management of possible conflicts of interest. Research should focus on potential interventions and policy entry points to ensure sustainable agricultural production and productivity including in terms of nutrition, including practices that enhance the resilience of food supply chains, improve livelihoods and promote carbon sequestration, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, processing and packaging, retail and markets, market access and responsible consumption, contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as to reduce negative environmental impacts and protect, conserve, sustainably manage and use natural resources.