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SUNS # 10116 Wednesday 13 November 2024
  
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Climate : COP29 begins work after delayed start (PRIV)
 (Radhika Chatterjee, Baku)
 The work of the 29th meeting of the UNFCCC's Conference of Parties (COP29) began with a bumpy start on 11 November in Baku, Azerbaijan.

UN : Global food prices rise to highest level in 18 months, says FAO (PRIV)
 (Kanaga Raja, Penang)
 World food commodity prices surged to their highest level in 18 months in October, led by a sharp rise in prices of veg etable oils, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FA O).

UN : Reduced maize harvest drives modest decline in global cereal output (PRIV)
 (Kanaga Raja, Penang)
 The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has forecast global cereal production in 2024 at 2,848 million tonnes , marginally down (0.4 percent) from the previous year, though still the seco nd largest output on record.

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