Resetting the Food System from Farm to Fork-3

2017 Round of Global Climate Change Talks Sees First-Ever Progress on Agriculture

For the first time in the 25-year history of international climate negotiations, the 197 member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have reached an agreement on agriculture. The milestone came near the close of the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) of the UNFCCC and formally establishes a process called the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture.

COP23 marks the first time in the 25-year history of international climate negotiations when the world has reached an agreement on agriculture.