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Better data needed for better decision-making Geneva 8 March 2022 (WMO) - Water and Climate Coalition leaders have issued a call for more urgent and united action “to protect our people and future generations” in the face of alarming new scientific evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of growing global threats to water availability and from water-related…

IPES-Food - the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems - is a diverse and independent panel of experts guided by new ways of thinking about research, sustainability, and food systems. Since 2015, IPES-Food has uniquely shaped the debate on global food systems reform, through policy-oriented research and direct engagement with policy processes. …

United Nations resolution on greening plastics is a positive step. As negotiations begin, they must be evidence-based.On 2 March, world leaders and environment ministers agreed to start negotiations on the world’s first legally binding international treaty to eliminate one of humanity’s most devastating sources of pollution: plastics. This hugely positive step has the power to attack the problem…

The ‘Portal on Standards for SDGs’ has been expanded to include 20,000 standards addressing all 17 SDGs. The portal also includes 40 case studies and 10 commentary pieces from experts in standards, aiming to demonstrate how standards can help achieve the SDGs. The initiative targets standards-developing organizations, encouraging them to see their standards as…

The UN Economic Commission for Africa held its 2022 regional forum on sustainable development. The meeting outcome called for the Glasgow Climate Pact to establish an ambitious and reasonable price for carbon, aligned with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The African forum was the first in a series of five regional gatherings for each group of UN Member States, in…

Europe’s Mediterranean countries produce a significant portion of the world’s wines, olives, nuts and tomatoes. But research shows that the region’s farms and orchards are the most susceptible in Europe to soil degradation and desertification. In an analysis of agriculture research and data from the dozen European countries that line the Mediterranean coast, researchers from KTH…