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 around the world as an avenue to advance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In their 2022 position paper for the High-level...
One last push – a new Global Biodiversity Framework is at stake this month in Nairobi
World representatives must adopt new goals and targets to put biodiversity on a path to recovery. Later this year, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15)[1] of the Convention of Biological Diversity offers the opportunity to make this happen. Prior to COP15, the...
Updated animal health & welfare standards recommended by WOAH
The World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organisation for Animal Health (formerly OIE and now WOAH) concluded its 89th Annual General Session last week. WFA, members and partners, under the International Coalition for Animal Welfare (ICFAW), participated in the...
Supporting Sentience
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Important gaps on the food security and nutrition world agenda
We welcome the draft Note on Critical, Emerging and Enduring Issues of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition. This is of particular relevance at the current juncture with the looming triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity...
To build back better, we need to prevent new crises by improving animal welfare
In the lead up to the UN High Level Political Forum, the World Federation for Animals (WFA) is advocating for an ambitious Ministerial Declaration that calls for actions and holistic approaches with a positive impact on animals and which can accelerate sustainable...
One Health essential to prevent pandemics
On 1st December 2021, the World Health Assembly decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body under the World Health Organization (WHO) to draft and negotiate an international instrument strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. The...
3 takeaways from the latest IPCC report
On 4 April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the intergovernmental body tasked under the UN to act as a clearing house for scientific information about human-induced climate change, released the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which...
A collective strategy to achieve global impact for animals by 2030
As members of the World Federation for Animals (WFA), leading animal protection organisations from across the globe have agreed on a joint strategy to improve the well-being of all animals and end their exploitation and suffering worldwide. Under the strategy, 168...
Science, empathy, and a little less selfishness
In its 2020 report on Harmony with Nature,...