Hidden costs of 'broken' agrifood systems exceed US$10 trillion a year
The food on our tables often comes with high, unseen costs to our health, environment and society, a new FAO report finds.
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The food on our tables often comes with high, unseen costs to our health, environment and society, a new FAO report finds.
In one glimmer of hope, hundreds of people were allowed to enter Egypt from Gaza, which one U.N. official called a "graveyard" for children who are caught up in the fighting.
Humanitarian aid trickled into Gaza but agencies were being forced to scale back as fuel and other basic items were depleted and diplomats remained at an impasse.
A new U.N. report finds the number of women and girls living in conflict-affected nations doubled in five years.
Despite some aid trickling into Gaza through Egypt's Rafah crossing, needs are soaring as tensions flare that could cause the Israel-Hamas war to spread to other countries.
Officials say civilians' basic needs and protections must be upheld in accord with international humanitarian law.
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African leaders say they have a market-based plan to fight human-caused global warming that will spread economic development among millions of people on the continent.
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization agreed on some policies but not a unified goal to end deforestation.
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