Category: Press Release
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108 organizations from 26 countries call for radical food systems transformation, not false climate solutions
Dubai– 108 organizations from 26 countries supported demands led by rural peoples of the Global South to negotiators of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 28 (COP28) to slam the brakes on profit-motivated false climate solutions and instead push for the radical transformation of food systems to address the…
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Rural peoples slam corporate agenda in COP28 Food Systems Declaration
Dubai – Rural peoples from the Global South today slammed the corporate agenda apparent in the COP28 UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, highlighting the outsized role of big agri-businesses and the corporate-led Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in implementing the Emirates Declaration. Chennaiah Poguri, spokesperson of the Global…
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Global People’s Caravan for Food, Land and Climate Justice kicks off towards COP28
Rural peoples and advocates kicked off the Global People’s Caravan (GPC) for Food, Land and Climate Justice in several countries in Asia, holding mobilizations geared up towards the UNFCCC Conference of Parties 28 (COP28) climate talks in Dubai. Caravans were held in the Philippines and Pakistan, while other actions were conducted in rural communities in…
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‘UNFSS+2 is pathway to more hunger and climate catastrophe’: Rural peoples stand up for radical food systems transformation
Rural peoples and advocates across the globe warned that world hunger and interlinked food, human rights and climate crises will worsen as big corporations consolidate their control over the world food systems through the UN Food Systems Summit +2 (UNFSS), being held in Rome from July 24 to 26. In a unity statement released during…
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Rural Peoples in Global South to Mobilize 1 Million for Food, Land and Climate Justice
Rural peoples movements from Asia, Latin America and Africa today launched the Global Peoples’ Caravan for Food, Land, and Climate Justice–an awareness-raising and mobilization campaign to demand governments to address the interconnected issues of hunger, land and resource grabs, and the climate crisis, culminating at the United Nations Summit of the Future in September 2024.…