The Economics of Sustainable Food - Smart Policies for Health and the Planet | S.1 E. 27 Nicoletta Batini

Nicoletta Batini is a Lead Evaluator at the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF, and she has covered different roles since joining the Fund. She is a leading expert in the design of macroeconomic strategies to deal with the climate change/public health nexus, focusing on land use and food systems. She is also the author of The Economics of Sustainable Food, published by Island Press and IMF.  Previously, she was Advisor of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey, and Director of the International Economics and Policy Office of the Treasury in Italy.

In the episode, she describes the actual cost of food for people and the planet. And the solutions.