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Farming with Biodiversity: Towards nature-positive production at scale" presents the food production conditions that will help us secure a nature-positive world by 2030, specifically exploring the merits of agroecological approaches. This new WWF report outlines changes that are needed to create food systems that support rather than exploit nature, with a focus on agricultural…

Agriculture is the largest single source of environmental degradation, responsible for over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 70% of freshwater use and 80% of land conversion: it is the single largest driver of biodiversity loss (Foley et al. 2011, 2005; IPBES 2019; Willett et al. 2019). Agriculture also underpins poor human health, contributing to 11 million premature…

Despite commitments to build resilience, tackle climate change and create sustainable development pathways, current societal, political and economic choices are doing the reverse. This jeopardizes not only achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, but also hinders progress towards the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the…

The study on Differentiated Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought on Women and Men has revealed that women are twice more affected by these issues, and that drought and land degradation tend to increase the burden of unpaid care and domestic work shouldered by women and girls. The study titled “Differentiated Impacts of Desertification, Land Degradation and…

The Sustainable Development Report 2022 marks the seventh edition of the annual assessment of progress of all UN Member States towards the Sustainable Development Goals. This year's report discusses the critical need and channels of development finance for low-income and lower-middle income countries. The Sustainable Development Report 2022 features the SDG Index and Dashboards, the…

The Global Mechanism (GM) has the mandate to facilitate the mobilization of financial resources to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). To do this, the GM provides advisory services to countries that request guidance and works together with developing countries, private sector investors and donors to mobilize substantial resources at the national, regional…