Living Planet: "We need to be optimizing"

8 August 2019
Statement

The IPCC's report on land use and climate change adds another perspective, or piece of the puzzle, to understanding what humans are doing to the planet and how we might be able to limit our damage to the Earth. Barron Josef Orr is a lead scientist for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, one of the groups that requested the IPCC's report on climate change and land. Read more...

Publications

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Urban–Rural Linkages and Land: Introducing the Flows-to-Action Framework

Strong, sustainable, and resilient urban-rural linkages are central to efforts to combat land degradation, reduce out-migration, and achieve other sustainable development…