MPs call for Right to Food to be enshrined in law for England
The UK government should consult on how a Right to Food could be introduced in England, according to a new ...
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UN Food Rapporteur: states must protect citizens from hunger
Covid-19 has caused hunger that will last at least a decade, according to the UN Rapporteur on the Right to ...
Youth leader: environmental cost of food production should be reflected at the till
Meet Eva Koffeman, 22, the first United Nations Youth Representative on Biodiversity & Food. She wants to see the full ...
The unthinkable thinkable: ending world hunger by 2030?
Euronews reports that, according to Dr Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and 23 ...
Food waste more than double previous estimates: UN report
Food waste dramatically exceeds previous estimates, according to a new UN Environment Programme report. Its findings reinforce the need for ...
Farmers and rights groups boycott food summit
The Guardian reports that hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are planning to boycott the United Nations Food Systems ...
“Fetishisation of GDP” must stop say finance and banking leaders
World leaders in finance, banking and food systems have welcomed the first economic framework for biodiversity, calling for an urgent ...
Call for Indigenous contributions to Food Systems Summit
Indigenous contributions to this year’s UN Food Systems Summit have been requested with a deadline of March 5th. The call ...
The furthest behind “in every context will always be women”
Pat Mc Mahon earned his stripes in the field for more than a decade before combining advocacy with his role ...
Nutrition-specific interventions need to be part of the Food Systems Summit
Filling the Narrative gap at the Food Systems Summit The first time I heard the word advocate was when I ...
Class action against chocolate giants could win damages for 50,000 child slaves
The world’s chocolate giants could face punitive damages of US$50 million for each of eight former child slaves leading a...
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