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The Living Planet Report 2020 shows that there is an opportunity to heal our relationship with nature and mitigate risks of future pandemics but this better future starts with the decisions that governments, companies and people around the world take today. World leaders must take urgent action to protect and restore nature as the foundation for a healthy society and a thriving economy. …

The African continent has the most rapid rates of urbanization in the world. Because of this, cities are the largest and fastest growing agricultural markets in Africa, with between $200 billion to $250 billion per year in food sales. More than 80% of those sales come from suppliers on the continent, according to a new report. This has created both opportunities and challenges for farmers,…

This report assesses the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated recovery measures on emissions out to 2030 and global emission pathways towards meeting the Paris climate goals. Due to the high uncertainty surrounding the course of the pandemic and its impact on CO2 emissions, the report only presents ‘what-if’ scenarios, based on explorative ‘ex-post’ calculations (using sources…

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is also an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The current model of economic growth used by many countries is…

UPDATE • The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to exact a heavy human toll, and the economic crisis it has triggered can upend recent development progress. • Growth in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 is projected at –1.6 percent, the lowest level on record. • The policy priority is to ramp up health capacity and spending to save lives and contain the virus outbreak. • Support from…

“Land is a key production factor, and we cannot expect sustainable development without secure tenure of land and property,” said Audace Kubwimana, ILC Africa Regional Coordinator. “It is therefore important that we work together to ensure that the security of land and property, as stipulated in Agenda 2063, is attained. That is one of the key ambitions of the 2020 Forum.” Through …