'We must go further and faster': Why food systems should play a bigger role in global climate efforts

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'We must go further and faster': Why food systems should play a bigger role in global climate efforts

New report released at latest UN climate talks in Bonn stresses the importance of action on food systems in meeting climate goals

Emissions from global food systems alone will push the world beyond 1.5C of warming during the second half of the century unless urgent action is taken to place food and agriculture at the heart of global...

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