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To celebrate Spring, here are 20 books from Food Tank to cultivate new ideas about eating, growing, and learning about food and agriculture. Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction highlights foods and traditions at risk of extinction. In Healing Grounds, read how communities of color revived ancestral farming practices to restore soil health and cultural connections to land. Turn to The Blue…

The ocean covers over 70% of the planet and produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen. For this and many other important reasons, and to celebrate the World Oceans Day, our UNU-EHS expert Dr. Jack O’Connor explains some interesting facts about the ocean and its relationship with life and livelihoods. 1) Oceans help regulate climate Through their very biology and ecology,…

Forests can help to combat climate change Forests capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store them in trees and forest soil. Carbon capture and storage is an essential component of climate action, as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations lead to global warming. Humans can influence the amount of carbon captured and stored in forests by appropriate management strategies. The most…

The EU has scaled up its contribution to reach Sustainable Development Goal 5(link is external) in all internal and external policy areas. Gender equality and empowering women and girls are among the top priorities of DG INTPA. This is also reflected in the EU gender equality strategy 2020-2025 and the Gender Action Plan III, which sets out the EU’s political and operational roadmap towards a…

Human life is well-adapted to our planet. A healthy environment is essential to optimal health and well-being. Conversely, disease and early death are often due to environmental agents called pathogens, both biological and physicochemical. Climate change, heatwaves, floods, land degradation, and the loss of biodiversity also threaten human health in a variety of ways, both direct and indirect.

International cooperation is essential to manage the costs and maximize the benefits of adaptation, particularly for the most vulnerable countries. Climate change is inflicting crippling losses in the Middle East and Central Asia, with poor and conflict-affected countries suffering the most from higher temperatures and extreme weather events. In any given year since 2000…