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A breakthrough in agriculture at the Bonn climate conference promises to bring food systems even closer to the climate action agenda

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Frontline leaders from Latin America and Africa share highlights from their engagement at the UN climate conference in Germany. The Bonn Climate Conference, the mid-year climate negotiations to prepare for the annual Conference of Parties (COPs) under the UN Climate Change framework, wrapped up in June this year with important progress on food and agriculture. … Continued

Webinar: A critical shift from food monotony to crop and diet diversity

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Nearly 90% of what the world’s population eats comes from no more than 15 crops. This over-specialization reduces our resilience to climate and conflict shocks. In a webinar organized by the T20/G20, Anna Lappé, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, discusses the recent evolution to “food monotony” and why we … Continued

Opinion: In the year of climate finance, we need to see billions flow towards transforming our food systems

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Climate finance is top of the agenda at this year’s UN climate conference. Governments are expected to agree on a new long-term climate finance package to deal with worsening biodiversity collapse and the climate crisis. Phasing out fossil fuels also requires funding the transition away from industrial, fossil-fuel based food systems to agroecology and regenerative … Continued

Nature Food article: Knowledge democratization approaches for food systems transformation

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Existing narrow views of what constitutes ‘evidence’ exclude critical ways of producing and facilitating knowledge exchange from diverse actors including Indigenous Peoples and food producers. We underscore the importance of a diversity of knowledge and knowledge-sharing approaches to deepen research, build evidence, and ensure more holistic outcomes in a comment piece in the Nature Food … Continued

Anna Lappé speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2024

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Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Anna Lappé, joined a panel discussion on financing a sustainable food system at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, California, USA.  The fossil-fuel based food system, dominant in many parts of the world, is a key driver of the climate crisis, biodiversity … Continued

Our attendance at COP28

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The Global Alliance will attend COP28 in Dubai, expressing concerns about the UAE’s stance on fossil fuels and human rights, advocating for food system transformation and decoupling food from fossil fuel use, and emphasizing the importance of addressing climate change through ambitious, comprehensive policies.