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Pressures on landscapes and people driven by soaring global consumption call for innovative solutions to enable sustainability. Many consumption-related harms are especially acute in countries of the global South where commodities are produced. Given their role as main suppliers of global consumption, businesses – especially multinational companies – have major potential to enable more…

The Yaque River basin restoration project has reduced soil degradation by 18%, although gentrification and climate change remain threats. Carlos Rodríguez has spent “his entire life” taking care of Don Franklin’s farm. In a small corner of the municipality of La Pelada in the heart of the Dominican Republic the 53-year-old farmer knows the “two-thousand-odd” acres of land like the back of his…

Droughts have substantial impacts on nearly all regions and many critical sectors in the EU and climate change will exacerbate these drought risks, prompting several EU Member States to implement or further develop drought management and drought adaptation plans and measures. To support this, the European Drought Impact Database (EDID) establishes operational conventions and…

Demand for critical minerals is booming. Global efforts to fight climate change are driving up the need for lithium, cobalt, graphite and other such minerals essential for building electric vehicles, solar panels and other clean technologies. This compounds existing demand from the tech sector, where critical minerals are used in smartphones, laptops and other consumer electronics. …

This policy brief summarises new research from the CHAMNHA (Climate, Heat and Maternal and Neonatal Health in Africa) and AWARD-APR (Addressing Extreme Weather Related Diarrheal Disease Risks in Asia Pacific Region) projects funded by the Belmont Forum under the Climate Environment and Health collaborative research action (CEH1). Children will bear the greatest burden from climate change on their…

Africa’s agrifood sector holds significant untapped potential to deliver jobs and livelihoods for the continent’s rapidly growing youth population, according to a new report. The latest publication from the Malabo Montpellier Panel highlighted how 11 million young people join the African labor market each year, yet only 3.7 million jobs are being created. At the same time, the…