Imagine a menu at the world’s biggest climate conference that not only satisfies your taste buds, but also helps fight climate change. This is more than just food – it’s a step towards a greener and sustainable future. The moment of real change and a shift towards climate-friendly catering at COP is here. Over the… Continue reading Progress on COP28 Catering
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Letter to the COP28 Presidency
Continuing our earlier activities at COP26 and COP27, we’re starting a bit early in 2023 to push for climate-friendly food at the UN climate change conference. This Earth Day (22 April) we addressed an open letter to the COP28 Presidency—with YOUNGO’s Food & Agriculture Working Group and organizational support from ProVeg International—asking for a sustainable,… Continue reading Letter to the COP28 Presidency
#OurPlantsOurCulture
In 2022, we are launching a social media campaign to celebrate traditional and Indigenous fruits and vegetables from across the African continent! Learn how you can participate through the graphics below, as well as the video guidelines and form.
The Beginnings of the Campaign
Why and how Food@COP started During COP25, in Madrid in 2019, a group of likeminded attendees observed a disillusioning contrast between the vision of the event and the food that was served. Catering at the previous year’s COP alone had the potential to contribute greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 3,000 people flying across the world… Continue reading The Beginnings of the Campaign