Nobody is imposing new eating rules or taking the pleasure out of food. It’s about adaptation.
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Dispatch from COP30: Friday, Nov. 21
Powerful countries have the ability to move the needle in significant, meaningful ways. But if they fall short, the work still remains to be done.
Dispatch from COP30: Thursday, Nov. 20
At COP30 two days are dedicated to themes of agriculture, food systems and food security, fisheries, and family farming—and so far, we’ve seen some countries step up.
Dispatch from COP30: Wednesday, Nov. 19
Food and agriculture is missing from the first draft text from the COP30 Presidency. Can we change that before it’s finalized?
Op-Ed | How Cambodia’s NDC 3.0 Puts Food Systems at the Heart of Climate Action
By recognizing that agricultural, nutrition, health, supply chains, and food security are deeply connected climate risks and mitigation potential, it enshrines the principle of integrating action across agendas in ways that are real and meaningful.
Dispatch from COP30: Tuesday, Nov. 18
“We absolutely cannot afford to waste time on tactical delays or stonewalling,” Simon Stiell, who leads the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, said yesterday.
Financing Africa’s Food Systems Transformation: Challenges and Pathways to Drive Growth and Nutrition Security Across the Continent
Funding cuts have Africa’s food and agriculture systems dangerously exposed. These six opportunities can help the national leaders build resilience.
Dispatch from COP30: Monday, Nov. 17
Food and agriculture systems provide a pathway for COP to be more productive, forward-thinking, and action-oriented.
Dispatch from COP30: Saturday, Nov. 15
Week One of COP30 has seen valuable and urgent discussions about the food and agriculture systems we can build to more ambitiously tackle the climate crisis.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: COP30 in Brazil, UNHCR Reports on Climate Displacement, and China Resumes U.S. Soybean Imports
From COP30’s climate discussions to new funding for farmers and East Africa’s agroecology commitments, this week marks a turning point for food and climate action.
Protecting Family Farms ‘Takes All of Us Making Little Decisions Every Day’
Sabrina Servais realized that she didn’t have to travel the world to change it. She could make the impact she wanted right on her family’s farm.
Dispatch from COP30: Friday, Nov. 14
How do we build a more ambitious, forward-thinking climate model to replace “business as usual”? It starts with putting farmers front and center.
Dispatch from COP30: Thursday, Nov. 13
A better, more equitable, more nourished world is possible. And COP30 is a crucial step toward building that, so let’s keep our eyes on Belém over the next week and a half.
Op-Ed | Food at COP: A Trojan Horse for Climate Action
At COP30, Brazil’s agroecological farmers will serve climate solutions on a plate—showing that food is not the problem, but the path to change.
Op-Ed | From Molecules to Markets: Building a Food Intelligence Economy
The Food Intelligence Economy can unlock the hidden power of food—using data and AI to transform global health, sustainability, and prosperity.
Putting Food and Farming at the Center of Climate Action: Q&A with Anna Lappé
Food and agriculture systems are increasingly on climate negotiators’ and policy makers’ radar. At COP30, how do we turn that into action?
Doing the Right Thing Is Good Business: Q&A with Nishant Roy
“Hunger is not unsolvable,” says Chobani’s Nishant Roy, and businesses have a role to play in creating a world free from food insecurity.
How Obesity and GLP-1s Are Reshaping Food and Public Health
Can drugs like Ozempic help us rethink the forces driving the obesity epidemic?





