Excluding Food Systems From Climate Deal Is a Recipe for Disaster By Busani Bafan Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Food solutions were on display everywhere around COP30—from the 80 tonnes of local and agroecological meals served to concrete proposals for tackling hunger—but none of this made it into the negotiating rooms or the final agreement. —Elisabetta Recine, IPES-Food panel expert https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/01/excluding-food-systems-from-climate-deal-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US_Withdrawal_From_Organizations_Triggers_Global_Alarm_Maternal_Deaths_Spike_in_WarTorn_Ukraine_and_ BULAWAYO, Jan 9 2026 (IPS) - As they ate catered meals, COP30 negotiators had no appetite for fixing broken food systems, a major source of climate pollution, experts warn. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.