The alarming UN climate change report was put out over a week ago, but UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ “code red for humanity” message still haunts many as humans continue to cause much of the extreme weather by emitting greenhouse gases.
Coffee and cocoa farmers often grow avocado and mango as part of sustainable agroforestry systems - but these are vulnerable to climate change and should be swapped for more resilient crops, according to a recent study.
A total of 87 companies, including food and ingredient corporates, have said they will ‘lead the way’ towards a ‘1.5°C future’ by joining the UN Global Compact on climate change.
The Salvadoran government and Greet Climate Fund (GCF) will give over US$127 million to projects in El Salvador that build climate-change resilience in farming.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will give over US$25 million to projects in Paraguay that combat deforestation, hunger and poverty, and build the country’s climate-change resilience.
Cargill has said it will source 60% of its red seaweed sustainably by 2025. Building “resilience” into a supply chain on the sharp end of climate change will be key to securing long-term supply, sustainability manager James Ede explains.
The Maize for Colombia partnership will invest US$1 million over the next five years to develop non-GMO corn varieties that are resistant to climate change.
‘We’re running out of time’: Big Food is compared to Big Tobacco in a polemic report that links it to the global obesity epidemic, along with malnutrition and climate change.
