Achieving the climate goals of the Paris Agreement requires knowledge of what climate policies are effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A paper published in the journal Science used machine learning to assess 1,500 climate policies and identified 63 policies that contributed to carbon dioxide reductions.

Today’s food systems are fraught with risks and uncertainties. Below is an excerpt from a blog published last February. We need international cooperation to remove uncertainties and implement transformative changes to build resilient and sustainable food systems. A special seminar scheduled next Tuesday, October 8, will offer participants an opportunity to engage with Dr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist of FAO, in strategic international cooperation discussions to enhance global food security and nutrition as well as the resilience of food systems.

September 29, this weekend, is the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. This year's theme is to contribute to the achievement of climate goals and promote the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

To coincide with the convening of the United Nations General Assembly in September, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and other UN agencies have released a report on the latest climate science information (United in Science). The theme of the 2024 report is United in Science: Reboot Climate Action.

In the NARO-JIRCAS-FFTC International symposium, experts from the United States, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Taiwan, and Japan will come together to share the latest progresses and outputs from the research and discuss for further research and social implementation of the technology. The symposium will be held for a day and a half on October 1 & 2.

On September 11, NASA announced that summer 2024 was the hottest summer on record, with the average temperatures in June, July, and August exceeding last year's record by 0.1°C.

JIRCAS and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will jointly host a special seminar titled "Priority Policies and Investment Options for Global Food and Nutrition Security and Resilient Food Systems" on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, featuring Mr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Given the fact that more than 80% of the SDGs are climate-related, there is no room for a disjointed response to climate change and the achievement of the SDGs. Here we present one of the themes of this month's Fifth Global Synergy Conference and The UN Summit of the Future, the UN report on strategies for maximizing synergies between climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Thailand National Science and Technology Fair is the largest science and technology exhibition in Thailand, held annually. This year, it was held for 10 days from August 16 to 25 at the IMPACT Exhibition and Conference Center in Nonthaburi Province. During the exhibition, there were about 200,000 visitors, mainly local elementary, junior high, and high school students.