The Garden will open to the public a day after the inauguration, on Friday 11 June. I bring you the greetings of the city and I thank everyone for their commitment." He underscored the increasing role in sustainable development of cities where most of the world's population now live and where the proportion is set to increase over the next two decades. Speaking in lieu of Mayor Raggi, Luca Montuori, Rome's Councillor for Urban Planning, said: "This garden links the past and the future. This is a global struggle, one we must win together, decisively, once and for all." Rebuilding must also - and perhaps primarily - start from these premises.
It is clear that following the COVID-19 health crisis, our next challenges are the pursuit of sustainable development and food security for everyone. "It is also for us a profoundly symbolic opportunity to strengthen co-operation on matters relevant to the G20. "This day sees the opening of a generous, multi-stage project, embracing the city of Rome and hosted in one of its most ravishing, priceless spots," said President Zingaretti. Joining Director-General Qu for the inauguration were the President of the Regione Lazio, Nicola Zingaretti a delegation representing the Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi Gianpiero Palmieri, Archbishop of the Vicariate of Rome senior officials representing all partners in the project - the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Education, Culture and the Archaeological and Regional Parks of Appia Antica and representatives of the G20 countries, including the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and Indonesia - immediate former and future holders respectively of the G20 Presidency. Rome has been the host city of FAO since 1951. We, as Rome's dwellers, are taking the first step today to reshape our relationship with nature and to rebuild back better and greener." "Rome is providing a good example in working towards that sustainable future. "The Garden is a global call of solidarity, for governments, international organizations, private businesses, academia, civil society and individuals to take action to create a sustainable future for all," said FAO Director-General QU Dongyu. The Garden links the G20's priorities of "People, Planet, Prosperity" into the UN's Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, which, with FAO in the lead, aims to halt and reverse environmental degradation and biodiversity loss and into FAO's Green Cities Initiative, which seeks to re-align urban policies, production capacities and supply chains to boost food security, strengthen livelihoods, and build resilience to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The "G20 Green Garden" is being billed as a space where recreation and the embrace of nature meet education on themes of global import.Įvocatively sited in the Parco dell'Appia Antica - an archeologically rich expanse connecting modern Rome to its sylvan past - the space features installations showcasing the "Global Goals," a set of interconnected policy benchmarks that include ending poverty, eradicating hunger and creating sustainable cities.
10 June 2021, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in co-operation with the Italian Presidency of the G20, today opened Rome's first garden dedicated to the concept of sustainable development.
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