Countries: Ukraine, World Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Director-General participates in summit to tackle higher prices for food, fertilizer and fuel. Global food trade system must remain open and ensure that agrifood exports are not restricted or taxed.

Singapore says it is facing a dengue “emergency” as it grapples with an outbreak of the seasonal disease that has come unusually early this year.

Joint FAO-WFP News Release   The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and massive public debt burdens – […]

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How not to respond to a global food crisis (Bloomberg)   Jun 6, 2022 May 13, 2022 pfowlkes Mon, 06/06/2022 – 16:23 How not to respond to a global food crisis (Bloomberg)   How not to respond to a global food crisis (Bloomberg)   Global In the News Trade Bloomberg published an Read […]

Amid mounting case counts of the monkeypox virus, reported from countries with little to no history of exposure, are questions about whether and how monkeypox is related to climate change. The answer is complicated, but global health officials say there is a clear link between the two. Much of that […]

Photo: Pixabay/geralt  In urban areas pollution can come in several forms and an often overlooked type of it is noise pollution. Yet when children are exposed to loud traffic noise, their learning abilities and mental development suffer as a consequence. Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, have reached this conclusion after monitoring […]