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UNEA 5.2 – Strengthening action for nature and animal welfare

At this year’s UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2), several G77 countries are sponsoring a Resolution …
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One health

We must learn from the pandemic, or we are doomed to repeat it. If the …
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COP26: Meat on the menu, but not on the Agenda

In the words of COP26 President, Alok Sharma, “we still have a mountain to climb”.
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The case for an international day to recognise animals

The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular …
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Creating a Global Biodiversity Framework plan that works: Where we are and where we’re going

In August 2021, the next step in negotiations for a pivotal UN agreement began. The …
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Why include animal welfare in the 2022 declaration?

Animal welfare is still missing at the UN and particularly in its Agenda for the …
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Two-step guide for protecting animal welfare in the UN Biodiversity Convention

Why and how the United Nations should include animal welfare in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity …
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How to Transform the Way the World Produces, Consumes & Thinks about Food

Why the UN Food Systems Summit is Already a Success   Transformation – denoting a …
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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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Preventing the next pandemic: Submission for the UN’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Statement submitted in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council in the run-up to …
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NGO Major Group statement: Building post-Covid resilience means ending funding for unsustainable food systems

Statement on behalf of the NGO Major Group at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable …
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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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