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Fernando Mattos, Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay at COP28: “The historical mandate of agricultural producers is to take care of the land and improve it for their children”
The Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay, Fernando Mattos, stated that agriculture is recovering the space that it never properly occupied in global climate discussions, and praised the efforts of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), a hemispheric organization specializing in agricultural and rural development, to promote the presence of the agricultural sector in the main global forums for environmental negotiation, such as the COP.
U.S. and Mexico Secretaries of Agriculture make a joint appearance at the IICA COP28 pavilion, maintaining that the Americas must lead the way for the world in ensuring that agriculture is part of the solution to climate change
The Secretaries of Agriculture of the United States and Mexico made a joint appearance at COP28, agreeing that the Americas should be a world leader in agrifood production innovation, in order to strengthen the role of the sector as part of the solution to climate change.
At COP28, U.S. dairy farmers show the world their progress in environmental matters
Los productores lácteos de los Estados Unidos llegaron a la COP28 para mostrar a la comunidad internacional las contribuciones que el sector está haciendo a la seguridad alimentaria mundial y los pasos que ha dado para reducir su impacto ambiental
Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas raise their voice in unison at COP 28, warning that the sector must be guaranteed effective access to climate financing
Meeting in the United Arab Emirates, where the world’s major environmental negotiating forum is underway, the ministers of Agriculture of the Americas warned that smoother and faster access to funds for climate financing must be guaranteed, to enable the sector to make a greater contribution to resolving the global environmental crisis.
At COP28, Caribbean countries highlight the correlation between combating climate change and their determination to reduce food imports by 25% in two years
Saboto Caesar, Minister of Agriculture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines explained that climate negotiations are also part of the Caribbean region’s strategy to increase sustainability and food security.
At COP28, farmers demonstrate their resilience and ability to contribute to international efforts to tackle, mitigate and adapt to climate change
Farmers have demonstrated this and reinforced the leading role of agriculture at COP28 – the supreme negotiating and discussion forum on the present and future of global efforts to tackle climate change. COP28, taking place in the United Arab Emirates, has brought together 70,000 global leaders, including heads of State, ministers, senior officials, international organizations, private sector representatives, as well as youth and civil society organizations.