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Historic opportunities for global action to eradicate poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities Format Director-General provides the FAO Council with updates on delivery and proposals for the way forward 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVI...

04/26/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2021 10:22 Historic opportunities for global action to eradicate poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions...

Director-General provides the FAO Council with updates on delivery and proposals for the way forward 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions, activities and results shared with Council today are "not an isol...

. “The United States is proud to be pioneering the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate initiative along with the United Arab Emirates and several other supportive partners," said Mr Kerry, who is US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. I was impressed by the ingenuity being applied to food and climate challenges during my recent trip to the UAE, and know that we all stand to benefit by sharing best practices John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate "I was impressed by t...

April 24, 2021 The United Arab Emirates and the United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, Australia and Uruguay, Saturday announced the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) at President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate. ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates and the United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, Australia and Uruguay, Saturday announced the Agr...

UN Food Systems Summit: We cannot jump onto a train that is heading in the wrong direction. 21 April 2021 The UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) will be held in September 2021 and aims to launch bold actions to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, each of which relies to some degree on healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems. However, Slow Food, together with the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) and many other organizations of civil society, has decided to decline...

Date Time Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate At President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate on April 23, 2021, the United States and United Arab Emirates, with endorsement from the United Kingdom’s COP 26 Presidency, and with support from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, and Uruguay, announced plans to launch the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate). The goal of AIM for Climate, which will be advanced at the UN Food Systems Summit in ...

On Day One, President Biden fulfilled his commitment to rejoin the Paris Agreement. Days later, he took executive actions to ensure we tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad – all while creating jobs and strengthening our economy. This week, he held a historic summit with 40 world leaders to show that America is back. Over the course of two days and eight sessions, President Biden convened heads of state and government, as well as leaders and representatives from international organizat...

Thank you Chair, Excellencies. At the 54th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, we have come together to discuss the critical theme of “Population, Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Development.” As the brunt of the covid-19 pandemic continues to ricochet around the world, we must ensure women, adolescents girls, children and marginalised populations are prioritised in the response and recovery. Today, I plan to set out the risks they face of food insecurity and u...

April 21, 2021 1:09 pm The first National Dialogue – Sustainable Food Systems and Ireland’s 2030 Agri-Food Strategy will take place today (Wednesday, April 21). In September, the UN Secretary-General will convene a ‘Food Systems Summit’ as part of the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Ireland’s response to the summit is being led by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The summit will h...