Why food systems transformation must be a priority at Stockholm+50
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11.07.22
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In 1972, at the UN Conference on the Human Environment, the environment was recognised for the first time ever as a pressing global issue, and the climate movement was born.
Fifty years on, meaningful action is still dragging, and our world now faces the triple threat of COVID, conflict and climate. As leaders convene at Stockholm+50 this week, they are faced with a rapidly accelerating food emergency driven by these global crises, that is threatening to spiral beyond our control.
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