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FAO at COP28 | Agrifood system solutions are climate solutions
23/11/2023
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai will take place between 30 November and 12 December. The Conference is set to be a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate change and ensure food security for present and future generations.
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Youth against food waste – Catalyzing change through interactive workshops
30/10/2023
In a dynamic stride to foster a world with minimal food waste, the WFF's Youth Toward Zero Food Waste campaign recently held a series of engaging and interactive workshops, targeting youths from all across the world.
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Annual International Stop Wasting Food Dinner 2023
16/10/2023
Her Royal Highness Princess Marie of Denmark participated as a guest of honor in the Annual International Stop Wasting Food Dinner 2023 hosted by the Italian Embassy in Denmark and the Stop Wasting Food movement (Stop Spild Af Mad) in relation to the United Nations World Food Day and...
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IDAFLW 2023: FAO visited the St George’s British International School in Rome
03/10/2023
In the spirit of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW), the food loss and waste team of the FAO Food and Nutrition division coordinated a youth outreach event targeting students attending St George’s British International School in Rome.
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International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste: FAO calls for circular model in agrifood systems
29/09/2023
Reducing food loss and waste represents a triple win opportunity ...
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Presenting the Guidelines for action on food loss and waste reduction in the Near East and North Africa
20/09/2023
Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction is an important entry point to more sustainable, resilient and equitable agrifood systems in the Near East and North Africa (NENA). Interventions to reduce FLW support adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, lower the pressure on scarce water and ara...
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The #123 Food Loss and Waste Pledge for Climate Action
08/09/2023
FAO #123 Pledge statement is now available.
Visit the Food is Never Waste Coalition page for more.
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“The Transformation We Need” | 4th global conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme
27/04/2023
The conference took place between 24-27 April 2023 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, convening over 350 on-site and 1000 virtual participants from a range of actor groups. The conference focused on how food systems need to be transformed to overcome the multiple deeply rooted and interlinked crises.
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UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment |Food systems transformation a critical SDGs accelerator
03/02/2023
On behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Antonio Tajani, announced today the UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment, will take place in Rome, Italy from 24 – 26 July 2023, at the premises of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models
18/01/2023
Efforts and ideas in planning and implementing their national pathways for agrifood systems transformation to reduce hunger, poverty, and food loss and waste, protect biodiversity and tackle climate change were discussed.