{"id":62675,"date":"2022-05-18T05:55:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T10:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62675"},"modified":"2022-05-18T05:55:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T10:55:31","slug":"advancing-interconnected-solutions-to-the-food-energy-and-finance-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62675","title":{"rendered":"Advancing interconnected solutions to the food, energy and finance crises"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Advancing interconnected solutions to the food, energy and finance crises<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The governing body of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)\u00a0met in Rome on<\/a>\u00a0April 8, 2022\u00a0in an\u00a0Extraordinary Session<\/a>\u00a0to examine the \u201cimpact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict on global food security and related matters under its mandate\u201d and advise on how it should proceed.\u00a0Meanwhile, just two days earlier, the Civil Society and Indigenous People Mechanism (CSIPM<\/a>) at U.N. Committee on World Food Security (CFS)\u00a0called for an Extraordinary Plenary Session<\/a>\u00a0of the CFS.<\/p>\n

We must consider these developments along with a new initiative from the U.N. and\u00a0against the background of the\u00a0FAO’s global food prices index<\/a>\u00a0reaching its highest level ever.<\/p>\n

In response to the immediate crises provoked by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, on March 14 the U.N. Secretary General (SG) Ant\u00f3nio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0the establishment of the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GCRG). On April 5, he released the GCRG\u2019s initial recommendations. According to\u00a0remarks<\/a>\u00a0made by the U.N. SG at the U.N. Security Council Meeting, these\u00a0initial recommendations<\/a>\u00a0are for the consideration of the member states, international financial institutions and others. In brief, they are:<\/p>\n