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Climate change and environmental degradation pose significant challenges to economic growth and employment today, and risks will be greater in the medium-to long-term. By contrast, if properly managed, climate change action can lead to more and better jobs. Both adaptation to climate change and measures to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions offer opportunities to create new jobs…

Most of us would consider our home as the ultimate sanctuary: it’s the place that we make our own and guard from others, a safe space for our families. We may worry over the cost of renting or buying our home. We may struggle to maintain it. But we don’t lie awake at night in constant fear of being evicted because someone else is claiming ownership of it. We’re lucky. An estimated 1…

Investments to support pastoralists in Northern Kenya to adapt to the changing climate pay immediate dividends – but the benefits are even greater if the indirect impacts can also be taken into account. Access to grazing is crucial for pastoralists in the drier parts of Kenya, but in Garba Tulla town, grazing animals would usually have eaten much of the vegetation from the drought…

D’après Ibrahim Thiaw, le Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la lutte contre la désertification, la dégradation de la nature explique en partie la vulnérabilité de la région du Sahel exposée au terrorisme. Ibrahim Thiaw est sous-secrétaire général des Nations unies et Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la lutte contre la désertification. Pour lui, la célébration de la Journée…

"L’homme a voulu dominer la nature et c’est un petit virus qui nous a rappelé à l’ordre" (Thiaw) "Le temps de la nature", c’est le thème de la journée internationale de l'environnement 2020 - alors que l’humanité entière est confrontée à une menace qu'est le nouveau coronavirus (Covid-19). Notre invité, Ibrahim Thiaw, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention de l'ONU sur la lutte contre la…

Google has joined forces with WWF to develop an environmental data platform for sourcing professionals in the fashion industry, providing them information on the pollution and emissions impact of their business decisions. The new tool will leverage Google’s cloud, machine learning and big-data analysis technologies to track the environmental impact of fashion’s most commonly-used materials –…