26/06/2024
People's Ecological Alternatives to Corporate Greenwashing
True and False Solutions to the Food and Climate Crises more
21/11/2022
As competition to control the world’s water resources increases the 2022 Right to Food and Nutrition Watch calls for global fisheries governance that recognizes small-scale fishers as custodians of water ecosystems and protects their rights from the onslaught of extractive industries and other commercial interests.
26/06/2024
True and False Solutions to the Food and Climate Crises more
02/03/2023
Focus on War and violence more
This year's State of the Right to Food and Nutrition Report coincides with discussions on food and nutrition at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report is a joint endeavor of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition which provides an annual snapshot of this key human right around the world.
21/11/2022
Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2022 more
06/05/2022
Monitoring Toolkit more
The People’s Monitoring Tool is an initiative of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition that aims to guide communities, movements, civil society, academics and even civil servants in monitoring the human right to food and nutrition (RtFN), based on a holistic understanding of the right.
13/10/2021
Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2021 more
20/07/2021
New report places spotlight on the right to food and nutrition in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic more
The State of the Right to Food and Nutrition report is a joint endeavor of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition, supported by its secretariat, FIAN International.
10/12/2020
Joint COVID-19 Monitoring Report on the Impacts of the Right to Food and Nutrition more
The report looks into how different governments have responded to COVID-19 impacts and how the measures have contributed to the realisation of the right to food and nutrition for the most marginalised groups and communities in the countries of Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
13/10/2020
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Humans are part of nature. Food is the most manifest expression of our intimate connection with the rest of the living world. However, modern Western thinking and actions treat humans and the rest of nature as two separate spheres. Capitalism in particular is built on the premise that it can dominate and exploit the natural world in order to generate profits.
This article argues that this separation is central to the deep ecological crises that the world is facing and which manifest most strongly in human-made global warming as well as the dramatic loss of biological diversity. The COVID-19 pandemic also forces us to reassess our relationship with the rest of nature. Addressing the existential crises that humanity is facing will require to overcome this separation.
This article intends to lay out some steps that could lead us in that direction, focusing on how human rights and other instruments could better clarify the human-nature relationship.
12/10/2020
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12/10/2020
Overcoming Ecological Crises: Reconnecting Food, Nature and Human Rights more
The rapid spread of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in early 2020 is yet another sign that humans are devastating the planet. The COVID-19 pandemic forces us to reassess our relationship with the rest of the living world in a context of multiple, interconnected crises.Global warming and the dramatic loss of biological diversity are clear manifestations of the ecological crisis that threatens humanity and the planet. Local ecosystems are experiencing unprecedented degradation rates.
This situation is linked to a socio-economic crisis marked by in-creasing inequalities and the concentration of resources in the hands of a powerful few. It is also anchored in the destruction of our social fabrics, leading to migration, wars and famine. Meanwhile, the rise of authoritarianism and political polarization is exacerbating violence against communities and people around the world; and women and non-white-males are particularly affected.In short, there is a close link between the way societies (mis)treat and exploit both humans and nature.
12/10/2020
A Dialogue among Food Activists by M. Alejandra Morena more
Our diets are currently at the center of debates around climate change mitigation. Mainstream media increasingly focus on the impact of meat consumption on CO2 emissions. Beyond scientif-ic debates, there is growing public interest in how the food we eat impacts climate change. In some parts of the world, more people are embracing vegan diets, and the vegan and climate move-ments are becoming increasingly intertwined. For instance, var-ious Fridays for Future activists throughout Europe are vegan.
In this article, we take a critical look at veganism. What is attract-ing more and more people to vegan diets – is it the climate crisis? Can veganism be a key solution for addressing climate change? Where are the intersections among the food sovereignty, climate and vegan movements? Is veganism at odds with the struggle for food sovereignty, or in synergy with it? To tackle these questions, five activists shared their perspectives with us.