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Land is the foundation for all life on Earth. How land is used and managed influences nature, food, water, energy, climate, and even our health. Today, the pressures on land and the wealth of resources it provides are greater than at any other time in human history. Nearly three quarters of the Earth’s ice-free land has been transformed from its natural state, mainly to meet the demand for food,…

European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira and Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurría jointly launched the report “Cities in the World: A New Perspective on Urbanisation” on June 16th. The “Cities in the World”- report, shows that city residents worldwide record a higher life satisfaction than people in towns and semi-dense areas or rural areas. This is due…

This publication supports processes related to rural communities’ resilience in implementing land restoration of the Great Green Wall Programme on the ground. It serves a dual purpose of consolidating biophysical operations and socio-economic assessments, and is mainly built on five-year interventions and practical experiences gathered through Action Against Desertification. The…

This year was supposed to have opened the Decade of Action on sustainable development and climate change, with the transformation of the global energy system at its heart. While 2020 has thus far brought tragic loss of life and sudden economic uncertainty, it could yet turn out to be a crucial year and a turning point in these defining challenges of our time. The first Global Renewables…

The Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate initiative began with work packages on five key areas, each of which produced a paper to inform this report. The papers, listed below with their authors, are available at www.transformingfoodsystems.com Over 100 partners have come together in a new initiative to identify pathways for food systems transformation. The…

One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the world’s human population in a sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent transformations are needed that allow farmers to adapt and develop while also being climate resilient and contributing minimal emissions. This paper identifies several illustrative adaptation and development pathways,…