SUSTAINABILITY Single-use plastics. On 30 April, the 4th meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC) concluded in Ottawa, Canada. During the meeting, delegates + info
NUTRITION Food labeling. On February 6, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Chile, a consultation was held + info
LABOR Platform economy. On January 31, the International Labor Organization (ILO) published the report “Making decent work a reality in the platform economy“. It contains international + info
NUTRITION Healthy Eating. At the end of January, the Ministers of Agriculture of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC in Spanish) approved the + info
NUTRITION Food labeling. The Latin American Network of States for the Transformation of Food Systems and Better Nutrition was launched in December 2023. The network will + info
LABOR Employment and wages. On January 9, the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) published the report “Labor Situation in + info
NUTRITION Food labeling. The 46th Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) was held in December 2023, at which various issues related to food labeling and + info
SUSTAINABILITY Climate change. In December 2023, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) was held in Dubai. There, the 197 countries participating in the meeting + info
SUSTAINABILITY Single-use plastics. At the end of December 2023 the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released the new zero draft proposing a “Legally Binding Treaty on + info
BUSINESS Global minimum tax. On October 11, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework published the text of a new multilateral convention regarding the 15% global minimum income tax + info
NUTRITION Healthy eating. The 60th meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) was held from September 25 to 29. The meetings + info
NUTRITION Food waste. On September 29, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a seminar for International Food Loss and Waste Reduction + info
SUSTAINABILITY Single-use plastics. On September 25, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released the zero draft of the legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The document + info
SUSTAINABILITY Environmental information. The first session of the Committee to Support the Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement was held on August 10. At + info
SUSTAINABILITY Single-use plastics. During the Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Plastics Treaty, held in Paris, France, from May 29 to June 2, + info
NUTRITION Healthy eating. Since the end of June and throughout July, PAHO, FAO and WHO recommended, on different occasions, measures to discourage the consumption of ultra-processed + info
NUTRITION Sweeteners. On July 14, WHO published a report on the risk and hazard assessment of aspartame. It was prepared in conjunction with the International Agency + info
NUTRITION Food Security. At the end of July, the Fifteenth Session of the Euro-Latin American Assembly (bi-regional parliamentary association between the European Union and Latin America + info