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Last exit Montreal: Final negotiations for an ambitious global biodiversity framework

The UN climate negotiations have just wrapped up in Egypt at the 27th session of ...
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A green & just transition financed by development banks

Under the theme “Green and just transition for a sustainable recovery”, Public Development Banks (PDBs) ...
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One Health & Animals in UN Declaration

Earlier this month, representatives of countries from around the world gathered in New York for ...
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Building back better: Animal welfare, environment & sustainable development nexus

On 15 July 2022 the World Federation for Animals (WFA) hosted an online conversation on ...
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Civil society tells UN Member States to repeal subsidies for practices with detrimental animal welfare impacts

“Governments must reverse the global expansion of industrialised animal farming and agriculture”, recommend NGOs from ...
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Updated animal health & welfare standards recommended by WOAH

The World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organisation for Animal Health (formerly OIE and ...
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One Health essential to prevent pandemics

On 1st December 2021, the World Health Assembly decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body ...
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Three other UNEA-5 resolutions that you need to know

On 2 March 2022, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the highest-level decision-making body on the ...
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Introducing the new CEO of the World Federation for Animals

The World Federation for Animals is delighted to introduce Dr James Yeates as its new ...
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The World Federation for Animals applauds EU move to end cages for farmed animals

On the 30th of June 2021, the European Commission made a historic commitment to phase out cages ...
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UN Declaration highlights need to protect animals for sustainable future

After lobbying by the Animal Issues Thematic Cluster, a coalition of animal protection organisations working ...
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EU and Australia call for animals to be included in UN Ministerial Declaration, on behalf of CANZ

The World Federation for Animals, together with Compassion in World Farming and Born Free, has ...
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