climate change

Mycotoxins are poisonous chemicals produced by moulds. They can contaminate food and feed crops such as cereals and nuts. Climatic conditions – temperature, rainfall, CO2, humidity – affect mycotoxin production so climate change is impacting the way we manage mycotoxin risks for human and animal health. How does the EU food safety system monitor, assess and manage these potential risks?

Agriculture is poised for another major transformation as gains from the Green Revolution come up against natural resource limits, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said.

The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said in a new report.

Italian chef, Carlo Cracco, renowned for his innovative recipes merging traditional Italian cuisine with textures and flavours from all over the world, came to Cambodia to draw attention to the impact climate change is having on farmers who are hard hit by rising temperatures and are losing essential staple crops.

The agreement which were reached in Paris last December, was signed by 175 countries, in the 46 th celebration of ‘’World Day’’.

New Zealand is likely to suffer from a higher than global average rise in sea levels with the acceleration of climate change, bringing more frequent severe weather, according to a report from the country's leading science body on Tuesday.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with Rafael Correa, the Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador, which will host the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (HABITAT III) from 17 to 20 October 2016.

A diverse team of atmospheric chemists, meteorologists and modelers, including scientists from NASA, has traced the origins of mysterious pockets of high ozone concentrations and low water vapor in the air above the western Pacific Ocean near Guam to fires burning in Southeast Asia and in Africa, half a world away.