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The report aims to provide the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on energy access, energy efficiency, renewable energy and international cooperation to advance SDG 7. It assesses the progress made by each country on these four pillars and provides a snapshot of how far we are from achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets The…

By Leigh Winowiecki, Soil and Land Health Leader, CIFOR-ICRAF and Martina Fleckenstein, Global Policy Lead, Food, WWF Protecting and restoring nature is essential to tackling both the climate and food security crises. To most people, this means improving and increasing numbers and types of plants and animals, but a fundamental factor is often forgotten: our soil. The world is at a…

MOËT HENNESSY LAUNCHES THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WORLD LIVING SOILS FORUM "MOBILIZE AND ACT FOR LIVING SOILS" The preservation of living soils is a fundamental commitment of Moët Hennessy in its sustainability approach. It is our main responsibility to nurture this heritage and maintain the right balance between business activities, the needs of nature and communities. Soils, as…

Groundbreaking technology using soil spectral analysis enables ecosystem health evaluation on a massive scale, paving the way for better targeting of land restoration and more sustainable agriculture. Background Poor soil health is a major cause of decline in agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, but limited knowledge about soil health and degradation have…

Stockholm+50 commemorates the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and celebrates 50 years of global environmental action. By recognizing the importance of multilateralism in tackling the Earth’s triple planetary crisis – climate, nature, and pollution – the international meeting aims to drive action toward a healthy planet for the prosperity of all. On the eve of…

Presenting Women & The UNCCD Through The Years The UNCCD Secretariat invites women of the world to be part of the project, which aims inter alia to tell the stories of women’s tremendous contributions to the successful implementation of the Convention thus far. Whether you work on a farm, in a village, in a school, at the sub-regional, regional or international levels to help promote the…