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By 2050, up to 3.4 billion people could be living in water-stressed environments in Asia. A survey of 48 countries in the Asia-Pacific region assessed the state and characteristics of water governance in the region. The OECD intends to elaborate on its Water Governance Initiative by establishing a methodology to “measure the impacts and results of good governance on…

This report sheds light on the significant co-benefits of NCS to nature and humanity. Carbon market participants are increasingly recognizing these broader benefits. Not least of these is the flow of private capital they can generate to countries that offer the highest potential for NCS projects, typically forest-rich countries in the Global South. The report shows how NCS are…

In most EU Member States, agricultural land area is expected to decrease in coming years due to land abandonment (alongside other factors such as urban expansion). A better understanding of the extent and location of abandoned land is needed to estimate local effects and adapt policy to suit. This study presents a method to anticipate the occurrence of agricultural abandonment, using a…

As the global population increases, the benefits of increased agricultural production are distributed unequally, partly due to inequality in access to water resources. However, even in some countries where hydrological resources are abundant, water is not always readily available for agriculture, due to economic, institutional or infrastructural reasons. A study explores economic water…

Humanity faces a herculean task to reverse climate change and protect the natural world that supports us. We must retool human society to live in harmony with nature – all while leaving space for people in developing nations to prosper and grow. We want this to happen immediately. But we must be realistic. Even if everyone starts immediately to turn their promises on climate change…

An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) call to reinstate at least one billion degraded hectares of land by 2030 must also be matched by a similar commitment to the oceans…