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COP30 Brazil: Putting animals at the heart of climate action

This November, the World Federation for Animals (WFA) heads to Brazil for COP30, the annual UN climate conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place November 10-21...
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Why climate policy needs to include food systems: A conversation with Mercy For Animals

At the UN Climate Summit 2025, Mercy For Animals, a WFA Founding Member, unveiled an ambitious new tool: a scorecard assessing how national climate plans...
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Putting animal welfare on the agenda at the UN High-Level Political Forum 2025

WFA urges governments at the 2025 UN HLPF to include animal welfare in the Ministerial Declaration. Animal welfare is vital for SDG 3 and SDG 14, tackling AMR, ocean health...
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Bonn Climate Talks

Bonn Climate Talks: Insights on food, climate, and adaptation

Mid-year UN climate talks wrapped last week. From 16–26 June, governments met in Bonn, Germany, to advance climate action under the UNFCCC. These discussions set the stage for COP30—the next major climate summit—happening in Brazil later this year.
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Momentum grows for animal welfare & plant-rich diets in climate action

Submissions to the first UN climate workshop on agriculture and food security reveal encouraging signs ...
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WFA advocates for sustainable food systems at UN Climate Workshop

The World Federation for Animals (WFA) submitted its recommendations to the United Nations Framework Convention ...
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This Rearing Shed On An Industrial Broiler Chicken Farm Spans Up To 150 Metres Long And Houses Between 40,000 And 60,000 Birds. Farms May Consist Of One To 25 Such Sheds. The Chicks Are Delivered From Hatcheries At A Day Old And Grown Inside These Sheds Until Their Predetermined Slaughter Age, At Roughly 35 To 50 Days Of Age. Victoria, Australia, 2018. Bear Witness Australia / We Animals

The AMR Political Declaration through an animal welfare lens

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent global health threats. On the 26th ...
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Introducing animal welfare into the sustainable livestock sector transformation debate

Meeting of the FAO sub-committee on Livestock The FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG) is set ...
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Animal welfare is an opportunity to increase food security

All human beings have the right to adequate food, including all the nutritional elements needed ...
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Bright spots at the UN Climate Talks

It feels strange to look back at an event that was perceived as disappointing by ...
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World Federation for Animals at UN Climate Change Conference 

The UN Climate Change Conference kicks off on Monday in Bonn, and the World Federation ...
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NGOs unite in a call for transformative action for animal welfare at the 2024 HLPF

“Without urgent, transformative, and bold policy action, human, animal and environmental health and well-being face ...
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