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This series of technical briefs aims to provide a solid knowledge base for building or strengthening stakeholder capacities on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and applying CSA practices to five crops that are critical to the global agri-food sector: coffee, cowpea, maize, rice and wheat. These briefing notes reflect the growing recognition of the need to share knowledge, best practices, lessons…

The policy booklet “Destination 2030”, outlines current problems in the biodiversity realm, analyzes existing strategies to address them, and introduces the youth perspective on these issues as well as our proposed concrete actions. GYBN Europe decided to focus on 10 key themes: -> freshwater, -> agriculture, -> nature-based solutions, -> ecosystem restoration,

Climate change has devastating impacts on the environment and planetary health. These effects are not gender-neutral: they exacerbate inequalities and humanitarian emergencies that acutely affect women and girls. In order to better combat these effects, official development assistance (ODA) should be further leveraged to support gender-responsive climate action. • Financing levels…

Desertification and land degradation (DLD) are considered major global change issues. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) contends that “desertification affects as much as one-sixth of the world’s population, seventy percent of all drylands, and one-quarter of the total land area of the world.” Consequently, DLD is a vital societal concern because of its impacts…

The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change. CHAPTER 1 Point of departure and key concepts…

Strong linkages exist between the emergence of infectious diseases and changes in land use. More than 60% of new infectious diseases of humans are transmitted by animals, and most originated in wildlife. The risk of transmission of viruses from animals to humans is higher than ever as people clear forests and fragment habitat to grow crops, keep livestock, and harvest timber and other natural…