It is composed of 24 panel members[4] from different disciplines, including environmental scientists, development economists, nutritionists, agronomists, and sociologists, as well as experienced practitioners from civil society and social movements, originating from 18 countries across 5 continents.
[5] The panel is co-chaired by Olivier De Schutter, who is also UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Lim Li Ching, a senior researcher at Third World Network.
22 further panel members form its General Assembly: Bina Agarwal, Molly Anderson, Jane Battersby, Million Belay, Nicolas Bricas, Joji Carino, Susan Chomba, Jennifer Clapp, Mamadou Goïta, Emile Frison, Shalmali Guttal, Hans Herren, Phil Howard, Melissa Leach, Desmond McNeill, Sofía Monsalve Suárez, Pat Mooney, Raj Patel, Elisabetta Recine, Ricardo Salvador, Jomo Sundaram, Nettie Wiebe.
Climate Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, IPES-Food partnered with the Food4Climate Pavilion with Food Tank, Compassion in World Farming, FOUR PAWS, and ProVeg International.
In 2023, IPES-Food partnered with Compassion in World Farming and the Institute of Development Studies for the second Extinction Or Regeneration conference on Transforming food systems for human, animal and planetary health.