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Sep 2, 2021

[WATCH] AFSA Press Conference — Anne Maina

Presentation by Anne Maina, national coordinator, Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya, during the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)'s press conference on September 2, 2021. 
Sep 2, 2021

[WATCH] AFSA Press Conference — Francesca de Gasparis

Presentation by Francesca de Gasparis, executive director, Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute, during the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)'s press conference on September 2, 2021. 
Sep 2, 2021

[WATCH] AFSA Press Conference — Mariann Bassey

Presentation by Mariann Bassy, coordinator Food Sovereignty Program, Friends of the Earth Africa, during the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)'s press conference on September 2, 2021. 
Aug 31, 2021

Fiddling in Nairobi while Africa goes hungry

The following article was originally published by IPS News on August 31, 2021.  As the United Nations gears up for its Food Systems Summit September 23, the urgent need for structural changes in how we grow, harvest, distribute, and consume food has never been more apparent.
Women from the Abrono Organic Farming Project showcase their seeds
Aug 23, 2021

Strengthening the science-policy interface

by
Sophia Murphy
Ten days ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, known as the IPCC, published their latest report. Their findings move us decisively from climate change as “coming soon” to climate change is “here and now”. The planet is changing irrevocably.
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Aug 16, 2021

Regulate global meat and dairy companies, cut methane and avoid climate breakdown

by
Shefali Sharma
Stringent methane reductions in the near term are vital to curbing global warming, state hundreds of scientists through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest report on the physical understanding of the climate system and climate change.
CAFO photo
Aug 5, 2021

African faith leaders call on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to drop African Green Revolution

by
Cecelia Brackey
The following article was originally published by Food Tank on August 4, 2021. Read the article on Food Tank here. 
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Jul 28, 2021

Voluntary CO₂ emissions offset trading: The CFTC must examine risks of deceptive emissions reduction reporting

by
Dr. Steve Suppan
The role of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions credit trading to achieve the objectives of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been debated since the authorization of international emissions trading in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.
Hurricane Sandy hits New York