If electricity markets continue to depend on coal-fired power plants – which today account for a third of CO2 emissions – or gas-fired power plants, countries will not be able to meet the long-term climate objectives of the Paris Agreement, the International Energy Agency (IEA) was warned.

Agri-food actors across the supply chain urgently need to put protective measures in place, whilst making use of trade opportunities and innovative adaptation technologies. That was the key conclusion of a recent Adaptation Committee workshop in Geneva co-hosted by UN Climate Change and the International Trade Centre (ITC).

Two young activists from India and Mexico, with their video reports on actions to fight climate change, have been selected as the winners of the 2018 Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change.

El monitoreo de los productos alimenticios es importante para un correcto funcionamiento de la cadena suministro, sin embargo, no se trata solo de llevar la mercancía a su centro de distribución local o regional, sino de que esta arribe a dicho lugar en condiciones óptimas.

Today, the dates were announced for Africa Climate Week 2019, which will be convened in Accra, Ghana, 18-22 March 2019.

The Ghanaian event will be the first Regional Climate Week to be hosted next year; and will be followed by the Asia-Pacific and Latin America and Caribbean Climate Weeks, the dates of which are still being confirmed.