The City of Milan at COP21 to promote a more sustainable food system
Milan together with other great cities of the world will take part in the climate summit for local leaders co-hosted by the City of Paris and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg. The summit is organized in collaboration with C40 climate smart network on the occasion of the […]
FAO to work with the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact cities
The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, promulgated earlier this year on the occasion of the 2015 World Expo, offers a unique international platform to make city food systems more equitable and sustainable, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (Left in the picture ©FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico) and the Italian city’s Mayor, Giuliano Pisapia, said today. FAO and […]
Leading experts on food policy explain the significance of the MUFPP
What is the meaning of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact signed in on 15th October 2015? Here are the answers by two leading experts on food policies. “The Pact’s objective is broadly simple: better collaboration to shape resilient, sustainable local food supply chains and good food cultures, living within environmental limits. Across political divides, […]
More than 100 cities signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact presented to UN secretary general
On 15 October 2015 113 cities signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, the first covenant among Mayors on Urban Food Policies. Mayors simultaneously signed the document on tablets, at Palazzo Reale, in the Hall of Cariatidi. “Today, at the presence of metropolises from all over the world that are home to 400 million people, […]
Mayor Giuliano Pisapia speaks about Milan Urban Food Policy Pact in Vatican City
Vatican City – Fighting climate change, making our food system more sustainable and our sociaty more fair. This is the message delivered by the Mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia, at the workshop: “Modern Slavery and Climate Change:The Commitment of the Cities”, organized by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences. More than 60 mayors […]
