UN: 35% of food systems jobs at risk from Covid-19
Coronavirus will slash global economic output by US$8.5 trillion over the next two years, severely impacting food security and those ...
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UN delays COP26 climate summit for one year
Reuters reports that the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the United Nations to delay until late 2021 a crucial climate summit ...
Malnutrition leading cause of death worldwide
The Guardian reports that an overhaul of the world’s food and health systems is needed to tackle malnutrition, a “threat ...
UN: food prices fall sharply in April
World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in April, hit by the economic and logistical impact of the ...
Food panic recedes as export curbs ease
The wave of protectionist measures on agricultural goods that emerged as the coronavirus spread around the world has already begun ...
UN’s agroecology is “a rejection of progress”
Foodtank explores the recent outburst by Kip Tom, the Trump appointed Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In a ...
UN report finds highest level of acute food insecurity documented
A report by the Global Network Against Food Crises finds the highest level of acute food insecurity and malnutrition documented by ...
Encouraging change in the systems overcoming challenges
An article by John Atkinson and David Nabarro says that as we face the greatest problems of our times a ...
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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