Les débats actuels sur les migrations internationales n'ont-ils pas oublié un point essentiel ? Le changement climatique est en train de saper la position des pauvres dans le monde en détruisant leurs ressources naturelles vitales et en leur enlevant la capacité à décider de leur propre destin. Les transferts monétaires et les savoirs-faire des migrants sont en train de devenir vitaux pour la survie de leurs communautés d'origine, mais ils sont aussi cruciaux pour la paix et la stabilité politique de nombreux pays d'émigration.
Have the migration debates erupting all over the world all missed a crucial point? Climate change is pulling the rug from under poor rural people’s feet; destroying their natural resources and taking away their ability to decide their own fate. Migrant remittances and skills are becoming vital for their survival, but also crucial for global peace and political stability in many countries.
Two of the greatest aspirations in life are to provide adequate food and shelter for our families. Will the proposed Sustainable Development Goals help all 9 billion of us to achieve these aspirations by 2050? All but four of the 17 goals are directly linked to the use of the land. It makes the proposed goal about the sustainable use of land resources, particularly vital — but it will require bold action to secure land rights, to turn from the current land use practices and to restore more degraded land for our use.
With so many of the world's 48 least developed countries (LDCs) at the centre of global security concerns – from Afghanistan to Central African Republic to Mali, Nigeria and Somalia – wealthier states would be wise to support the actions LDC politicians agreed to (pdf) at a meeting they held in Benin last week.
The solution to the very visible global problems of deforestation, desertification and food scarcity may be hiding in plain sight: the transformative ability to restore degraded land to productive use.
We live in a world that increasingly resembles an “all you can eat” buffet. We are encouraged to be as “greedy” as we like. This “all you can eat” concept is both amazing and disturbing; it sums up much of what is wrong about our relationship with food.
As their resilience diminishes in vulnerable regions, the poor are forced to take a stand to fight for their survival – or flee.
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