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Representatives of international media organizations attended a briefing on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean (SoED) report, which has been produced by UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre Plan Bleu. Gaetano Leone, the Coordinator of UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat, told journalists that the report is a wake-up call for Mediterranean leaders and…

The State of the Climate in Africa 2019, report provides a snapshot of climate trends, observed high-impact events and associated risks and impacts on key sensitive sectors in Africa. The report also draws lessons on existing gaps in climate change action. DROUGHT AFFECTS LARGE PARTS OF AFRICA. Drought is the natural hazard with perhaps the most widespread significance in Africa…

Drawing from many disciplines, the report adopts a behavioural psychology perspective to argue that “social media changes people’s political behaviour”. Four pressure points are identified and analysed in detail: the attention economy; choice architectures; algorithmic content curation; and mis/disinformation. Policy implications are outlined in detail. This report is the second…

# Land use change is a major global driver of pandemic risk. # Land use change is a significant driver of the transmission and emergence of infectious diseases 40,177-179. # Land use change is cited as the cause of over 30% of emerging infectious diseases, and correlates significantly with the emergence of novel zoonoses globally 13,180. The majority (70%) of…

The multiple benefits of restoration, from local to global scales, are reflected in the array of global and regional goals for restoration. The year 2021 will see the kick-off of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration — a culmination of growing global attention, agreements and ambitions for restoration and improved land management. Measures that help to restore land and improve…

Only if there is a fundamental change in the way we manage land can we reach the targets of climate-change mitigation, avert the dramatic loss of biodiversity and make the global food system sustainable. The WBGU proposes five multiple-benefit strategies illustrating ways of overcoming competition between rival claims to the use of land. These should be promoted by five governance strategies,…