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Indonesia and UN Global Compact group join efforts on food and emissions
Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs and UN Global Compact Network Indonesia agreed to work together on food resilience and climate action.
They signed a memorandum of understanding in New York in September, with a representative of Indonesia’s fisheries ministry present.
The agreement aims to bring government and businesses together to address climate change’s effects on food systems.
The planned work includes cutting greenhouse gas emissions and using resources more efficiently.
It also aims to help food systems adapt to climate risks while keeping food available and affordable.
The partnership gives private businesses more opportunities to support low-carbon development, but no further steps or deadlines were stated.
Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs and the UN Global Compact Network Indonesia have agreed to work together to cut emissions and strengthen national food resilience.
They signed a memorandum of understanding titled Climate Action and Decarbonisation to Strengthen Food Resilience in New York in September.
The agreement was signed by IGCN President Y. W. Junardy and ministry deputy Nani Hendiarti, with a representative of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries witnessing.
The collaboration aims to coordinate government and business efforts to address climate change’s effects on food systems.
Its strategies include faster decarbonisation, lower greenhouse gas emissions, more efficient resource use and stronger adaptation to climate risks.
- Who
- Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs and the UN Global Compact Network Indonesia.
- What
- They signed an agreement to promote decarbonisation and strengthen food resilience.
- When
- September; the year is not stated in the article.
- Where
- New York.
- Why
- To coordinate government and business efforts to address climate change’s effects on food systems and strengthen food resilience.
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- Agreement
- Climate Action and Decarbonisation to Strengthen Food Resilience
- Signing location
- New York
- IGCN signatory
- President Y. W. Junardy
- Ministry signatory
- Deputy Nani Hendiarti
- Witness
- A representative of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
What people are saying
The strategies being promoted include accelerating decarbonisation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing resource-use efficiency, and strengthening food system adaptation to climate change risks.