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UN chief urges food systems change amid climate change threat
Deutsche Welle ^ | 09.24.2021 | jc/aw (Reuters, AFP, AP)

Posted on 09/24/2021 5:48:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the world needs to change how it makes, eats and wastes food in comments to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.

“The war on our planet must end and food systems can help us build that peace,” Guterres told the UN summit in New York.

Noting that food systems create one third of greenhouse gases, he said following UN sustainable goals established in 2015 could end hunger and poverty while creating global health and wealth.

Guterres called for reform of agricultural subsidies and said food should not be seen “simply as a commodity to be traded, but as a right that every person shares.”

The World Bank Group, International Food Policy Research Institute and Food and Land Use Coalition laid out plans at the summit to unlock $4.5 trillion (€3.8 trillion) in business opportunities with fairer food systems.

After US President Joe Biden announced he would invest $10 billion to end hunger earlier in the week, the Bill Gates Foundation committed $900 million to end malnutrition across the globe on Thursday. …

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TOPICS: Food; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: climatechange; climatechangehoax; degrowth; food; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; guterres; malthusianism; un
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To: Olog-hai

Means they will tax beef so only the ruling elite can afford it, and harass the public to eat worms, crickets and grasshoppers while the privileged ruling class eats foie gras, fillet mignon and sushi.


21 posted on 09/24/2021 7:45:29 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Dethrone the ruling elite. Redistribute their wealth. Take away their power. Annul their privileges.)
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To: Olog-hai

When can we start eating commies?


22 posted on 09/24/2021 7:54:35 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Olog-hai

Reason #4985 to grow your own.


23 posted on 09/24/2021 7:55:35 AM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: Olog-hai

Build desalination facilities along the African coastlines. Bring in pipelines that will move fresh water inland where crops can be grown, creating new economies. Coat the pipelines with solar collecting material and have power stations along the route which can produce electricity for villages. Have a second pipeline that will return waste to a processing facility that can treat the waste and dump it into the ocean as an inert substance.

This really is pretty simple when politics isn’t involved.


24 posted on 09/24/2021 8:09:52 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I got the shot. Not because I wanted to. Because I had to, in violation of my civil rights.)
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To: Olog-hai

“but as a right that every person shares”

gee, sounds a lot like communism ...


25 posted on 09/24/2021 12:25:34 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Indeed. The Bible says that those who don’t want to work shouldn’t get to eat.


26 posted on 09/24/2021 12:27:46 PM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Olog-hai
"After US President Joe Biden announced he would invest $10 billion to end hunger earlier in the week ..."

Well, if it costs $10 billion to end hunger earlier in the week, how much is it going to cost for the rest of the year ...?

27 posted on 09/24/2021 12:28:10 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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