Reflections from CFS54: Building resilient food systems starts with animal welfare
2026 is the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). Pastoralists raise livestock on open land, moving their animals with the seasons. The health and welfare...
Advancing animal welfare at FAO’s first One Health Conference
On 21-23 September, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization held its first Global Conference for Actions on One Health in Agrifood Systems. The Conference...
What’s at stake for animals at the Bonn climate talks
In June 2026, those engaged in the climate negotiations, including the World Federation for Animals (WFA), will head to Bonn, Germany. These are the...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The AMR Political Declaration through an animal welfare lens
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent global health threats. On the 26th ...
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 ...
Animal welfare is an opportunity to increase food security
All human beings have the right to adequate food, including all the nutritional elements needed ...
