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In addition to presenting the findings from the 2016 GPI and a trend analysis, this year’s report includes an updated assessment of the economic value of peace and new research on the systemic nature of Positive Peace. Given the importance of the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions, there is also a detailed audit of the current data to…

In 2015, alone, climate-related disasters displaced 14.7 million people, a new report from CARE Denmark shows. Unless governments take strong preventive action and invest in adaptation, climate change-related phenomena could push the total number of permanently displaced as high as 250 million people, between now and 2050. The report from CARE Danmark is based on the recent research of the…

This White Paper is the fruit of a symposium that was held with the objective of laying the scientific and technical foundations of the initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change (AAA). It aims to offer a synthesis of data and solutions highlighted during the symposium, ahead of COP22 negotiations and beyond. The effects of climate change on African soils,…

One year ago, the SDG Fund´s Private Sector Advisory Group launched its first report with a clear objective: to understand how the United Nations and the private sector could better work together and partner to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development clearly recognizes a prominent role for the private sector. Alliances and…

Now in its 11th edition, The Global Risks Report 2016 draws attention to ways that global risks could evolve and interact in the next decade. The year 2016 marks a forceful departure from past findings, as the risks about which the Report has been warning over the past decade are starting to manifest themselves in new, sometimes unexpected ways and harm people, institutions and economies. Warming…

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, notably of droughts and floods to which the agriculture sector is particularly exposed. While agricultural productivity growth and policy development have allowed to better cope with these risks and reduce overall impacts on the sector and commodity markets, there is substantial room to improve policy…