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Why Have Farmers Yet Again Been Forgotten at the UN Climate Talks?
Global: Representatives from the World Farmers Organisation (WFO) have just written two articles from their vantage point on-site at the UN climate talks in Warsaw. Despite multiple years of farmers coming together to ask UN negotiators for getting agriculture onto the climate agenda, it looks as if any progress will be postponed yet again to another […]
Read MoreHighlights from World Water Week 2013
Global: World Water Week 2013, which took place in Stockholm from 1-6 September, ended with a call to action for the UN to consider water when establishing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development goals. This year’s event took place during the UN’s International Year of Water Cooperation, adding extra emphasis on the need for all countries, organisations and […]
Read MoreIFA Vice-President Mr. Abdulrahman Jawahery on the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
Africa & Middle East: This blog post was written by Mr. Abdulrahman A. Hussain Jawahery President of the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co (GPIC) and Vice-President for Sustainable Development for the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA). In the aftermath of Rio+20, and bearing the legacy of the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals aim to generate a multidimensional approach […]
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