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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 …

Humanity at a crossroads Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention. GBO-5 provides global summary of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity…

The study investigated youth employment challenge and rural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study employed panel data analysis for 54 independent African countries from 2010 to 2017. The results suggest that youth employment (rural and urban) to population ratio, 15+ , has a great positive influence on rural transformation in African countries. However, results also suggest that an…