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After an initial attendance at the UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico in 2010 (COP16), Fairtrade stepped up its efforts to draw attention to the plight of farmers at COP 17, in Durban, South Africa. For the first time, Fairtrade gained official accreditation and could intervene in the negotiations.
The group set out the following objectives for COP17:
To make key policy-makers aware of the Fairtrade...
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Climate change is real and most of us are feeling its effects, but farmers are at the forefront of this fight. Producers from Africa, Latin America, and Asia experience how the weather is becoming increasingly unpredictable. Yields are decreasing due to changing weather patterns which lead to droughts, floods, heavy storms, increased pests, irregular harvesting cycles, etc.Unlike the diversified economies of the...
