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The design field is at an inflection point. It must challenge its repertoire, rethink technology, and begin to see biodiversity as a building block of urban environments. Julia Watson’s lush and meticulous new book, Lo—TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism, provides a blueprint for sustainable architecture in the 21st century. For designers of the built environment, it is a first-ever compendium of…

The world’s 7.6 billion residents are facing an unmitigated and unprecedented fight against a global public health emergency. The spread of COVID-19 across the globe has led to never-before-experienced lockdown situations – which in turn are having a significant impact across agricultural systems – threatening food security for increasing numbers of people around the world.

International experts have advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to work to identify the animal origins of the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic and its transmission to humans, the UN agency said on Friday. The recommendation was among the outcomes of the latest meeting of the Emergency Committee on the new disease, established under global health regulations. …

Every creature on earth – including us – needs food to live and grow. Food is important because it gives us the energy and nutrients we need to lead healthy and active lives. Because we need food to survive, it’s one of our basic human rights. Every one of us should always be able to get the food we need to lead healthy and active lives. Aside from getting enough exercise and…

Platforms struggle to support communities to secure their land rights and develop agriculture When the new coronavirus (COVID-19) arrived Africa in January 2020, governments announced draconian measures to contain its spread, including restricting movement and association. This has led to the complete shutdown of many African countries, putting people out of work and disrupting all…

The EU must look beyond its borders and delivers the global leadership the coronavirus crisis demands, and shape a new partnership with its closest neighbour, Africa, in the process, argue the directors of the European Think Tanks Group. The EU must look beyond its borders, deliver the global leadership the coronavirus crisis demands, and shape a new partnership with its closest…