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Food insecurity, the forgotten crisis of COP28

When it comes to climate change, the world’s food system is a double-edged sword. Food production is both one of the biggest emitters of global greenhouse gases and one of the sectors hardest hit by the effects of climate change. To reconcile these two issues, the UN’s Food and Agriculture…

France 24

Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security, UN food agency says

The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia

The Independent UK

Is urgent reform of world's food system still a side dish at climate talks?

The indivisible link between climate and nutrition was a pivotal subject at Cop28 on Sunday as campaigners carried on their fight for food systems – responsible for a third of greenhouse gas emissions – to be included in the summit’s final and critical global stocktake on climate policy.

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UN sets out roadmap to combat global hunger amid climate crisis

Targets include cutting methane emissions from livestock by 25%, halving food waste and managing fisheries sustainably by 2030

The Guardian - UK

Cop28: ‘failure is not an option,’ says summit president – as it happened

Sultan Al Jaber calls for countries to come together amid disagreements over the future of climate action

The Guardian - UK

Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions

This year’s global climate summit in Dubai set aside Sunday to spotlight food and agriculture, a sector that accounts for about a third of the world’s emission

The Independent UK

Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 after fraught negotiations

Climate activists likely to be concerned by another fossil fuel-reliant country taking over summit presidency

The Guardian - UK

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Feeding humans has trapped the world in debt, degradation: FAO report | Explained

A UN FAO report has revealed a staggering hidden cost of agrifood systems surpassing $10 trillion. In India, this manifests as poverty, environmental harm, and health-related issues. To transform these systems, multi-cropping systems can protect farmers, improve nutrition, and positively impact ecology. India's Green Revolution led to monoculture, undermining seed…

The Hindu

Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia

Sugar prices are soaring in many places

The Independent UK

Global health and environmental costs of food industry are $10tn a year – UN

‘Price tag’ of non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, poverty and harm to planet is 10% of global GDP, says UN food agency

The Guardian - UK

‘The anti-livestock people are a pest’: how UN food body played down role of farming in climate change

Ex-officials at the Food and Agriculture Organization say its leadership censored and undermined them when they highlighted how livestock methane is a major greenhouse gas

The Guardian - UK

Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored

Pressure from agriculture lobbies led to role of cattle in rising global temperatures being underplayed by FAO, claim sources

The Guardian - UK

Seafood exports hit record high last year, says Union Minister

Chennai seafood exports have more than doubled in 9 yrs to ₹63,969 cr. A seaweed park at ₹2,700 cr is being set up in TN. 16 regional fisheries bodies from Indo-Pacific region discussed merging fishing ban along east & west coast. FAO & India to work together to fulfil SDGs.…

The Hindu

The world needs to stop taking water for granted

That water availability affects every aspect of human life, especially food and nutrition security is a point that must be highlighted on World Food Day, on October 16

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Al Jazeera

How reliant is the world on Indian rice exports?

Rice is the most eaten food globally with half a billion metric tonnes consumed a year.

The Hindu

Ridding India of food insecurity

It is necessary to intervene on the supply side to ensure that food is produced at a steady price by raising the yield on land

Al Jazeera

Is a global food crisis the new normal?

From Indian rice to Australian wheat, climate change is worsening a food crunch and price spikes due to war in Ukraine.

Salon

Heat's adverse impact on food security

""Such research could not be more timely as the world experienced its hottest month on record in July"

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The Guardian - AU

Australia is seen as a safety net for protecting rare livestock breeds – but why do they need saving?

Livestock breeds have been homogenised to meet modern production demands yet farmers warn valuable genetics could be be lost

The Independent UK

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia ended a deal allowing Ukraine ship grain and India restricted some rice exports

Fortune

No, a can of Diet Coke won't give you cancer

The beverages industry has welcomed a report contextualizing the amount of aspartame a person can consume before it becomes a health risk.

The Guardian - UK

Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says

Covid pandemic and Ukraine war add to widespread crisis with one in nine people in the world facing severe food insecurity in 2022

Zenger

Cameroon Works To Reverse EU Seafood Ban Amid Concerns Over Unchecked Industrial Fishing

Initiatives to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing are underway as the government seeks to comply with international laws.

Bangkok Post

Solving the global food crisis

When ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in office was to abolish the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (Consea), a globally lauded body that had reduced food insecurity. It was a huge step back for the country, which the UN…

Dynamite News

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage 'hotspots': Report

Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Read further on Dynamite News:

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