Our mission is to improve soil health globally by integrating and strengthening policy, finance, and practice through coordinated, evidence-based action.

Key Goals

  • Integrate soil health considerations into policy and decision-making.

  • Fill key knowledge gaps on the impact of land management on soil health.

  • Increase the number of hectares of land under healthy soil practices.

  • Unlock financial investment in soil health.

Background

Under the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit preparations, more than 2,200 ideas and submissions were channelled through the UN Food Systems Summit Action Track discussions. Those related to soil were brought together by Drs Rattan Lal, Leigh Winowiecki, and Joao Campari, leader of Action Track 3: Boost nature-positive production. The solution clusters supported and informed the shaping of the coalitions of action announced during the pre-summit phase. A total of 31 Coalitions of Action emerged from the UNFSS as self-organizing, multistakeholder platforms to support governments in advancing national food systems transformation and accelerating progress toward the SDGs.

Building off of this, the Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (originally called the Global Soils Hub) was officially launched in September 2021 at the UNFSS to bring global soil health into focus with participation across sectors and scales. CA4SH also had the added support of a private sector guiding group within the UNFSS who supported our vision.

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Our Strategic Pillars

Our strategic pillars guide our activities and describe how CA4SH contributes to system-level change. Together, they form a mutually reinforcing ecosystem of support for improving soil health globally.

Our work is strengthened by a set of cross-cutting priorities embedded across all pillars: strategic communications and advocacy; member engagement and partnerships; and youth leadership.

  • Convening and Coordination for Collective Action

    Bringing together diverse stakeholders to align priorities and elevate the soil health agenda including through high-level dialogues, global and regional events, and joint advocacy moments.

  • Policy Support and Integration

    Advancing the integration of soil health into policy and institutional frameworks, and supporting countries and partners to develop and implement soil health strategies.

  • Knowledge, Evidence, and Education

    Filling key knowledge gaps and translating evidence into action through co-developed soil health knowledge products, education, and targeted communication.

  • Encouraging Innovative Investment Pathways

    Connecting stakeholders and highlighting innovative and context-specific pathways to encourage increased and better-aligned public and private investment in soil health.

Ways to Engage with the Coalition