The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment
Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air ...
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UN right to a healthy environment “is ammunition for campaigners”
A new resolution declares that everyone has the right to a healthy environment – a right that was not included ...
Indigenous Peoples side lined at UN, opening the door to land grabs under 30×30
Indigenous Peoples are being side lined at High Level UN meetings taking place this month in New York, in an ...
Re-direct farm subsidies to help consumers buy healthy food: UN
The world’s US$630 billion a year in food and agriculture subsidies should to be re-directed, helping consumers to afford healthy ...
Millions of world’s poorest missing out on social security help – UN
According to the Evening Standard, a UN report warns how millions of the worlds poorest and most marginalised people are ...
Food inflation is swallowing Latin America’s dietary staples
The Financial Times reports that throughout Latin America, many of its culinary favourites, like the Argentine asado barbecue are becoming ...
Food security meets Amazon protection in new UN project
A US$37 million project in Brazil is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 6 million tons of CO2 ...
Exploding the five fat myths of ethical food
Consumers – in other words all of us who eat – want ethical food but we are confused. The reason ...
Pesticides are not delivering food security and should be phased out: UN rapporteur
The FAO Council should reconsider its agreement with pesticide lobby group CropLife International, according to the UN Rapporteur on the Right ...
Food security affected as Ukraine agriculture season begins
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to food and fuel price hikes costing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) an ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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