Brazil’s COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to Deforestation and Land Conflict

Brazil’s COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to Deforestation and Land Conflict

The sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil will include the pesticides and seeds giant Bayer, which South American campaigners allege has promoted an industrial agricultural model that is driving “massive deforestation” on the continent. Bayer will pay at least R$1mn (£142,000) for “diamond” sponsorship of the “Agrizone” pavilion. Organised by Brazil’s agriculture agency Embrapa, the Agrizo…

Putting Food and Farming at the Center of Climate Action: Q&A with Anna Lappé

This piece is part of the weekly series “Growing Forward: Insights for Building Better Food and Agriculture Systems,” presented by the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University and the nonprofit organization Food Tank. Each installment highlights forward-thinking strategies to address today’s food and agriculture related challenges with innovative solutions. To view more pieces in the series, click here. Over the next two weeks, …

Report exposes link between Welsh food, Brazilian deforestation and river pollution in Wales

Fields in the Atlantic forest sprayed with pesticide. Credit: Barbara Davies-Quy Molly Stubbs On the opening day of COP30 in Brazil (10 November), a new report has revealed that everyday food choices in Wales are contributing to the destruction of tropical forests, human rights abuses and pollution, from the Amazon to Welsh rivers. Published jointly by Size of Wales and WWF Cymru, Food, Forests and Injustice: The Hidden Link Between Wales and Br…