Food campaigners hope to persuade countries to join a sustainable farming alliance that could launch at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt
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Food campaigners are in talks with France, Germany and the UK about launching a sustainable farming alliance to tackle climate change.
The new alliance could be unveiled as soon as the COP27 climate summit in Egypt this November. The plan is modelled on the “Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance” led by Costa Rica and Denmark that was launched at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, pledging to phase out oil and gas production.
The United Arab Emirates has been identified as a prospective leader …