{"id":759,"date":"2021-09-24T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/3518089_AE18089_0"},"modified":"2021-09-24T05:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T05:10:00","slug":"leaders-commit-to-tackling-global-hunger-climate-change-biodiversity-loss-and-inequities-at-historic-un-food-systems-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=759","title":{"rendered":"Leaders commit to tackling global hunger, climate change, biodiversity loss and inequities at historic UN Food Systems Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.prnasia.com\/prnasia.com-PC\/images\/logo-en-blue-in.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 24, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The first-ever UN Food Systems Summit convened world leaders in an effort to spur national and regional action to deliver the UN&#8217;s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through transforming food systems. 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