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Conflict and conservation focuses on armed conflict and nature. The theme is highly timely as armed conflicts cause great economic and social harm, as well as environmental damage around the world. Conflicts have stretched societies to their limits in terms of financial and human resources. Lives and property have been lost and disrupted, livelihoods destroyed, and people displaced. Regrettably,…

At present, despite past climatic shocks (drought) and ongoing changes, Sahelian countries are selfsufficient in cereals when there is no price distortion or distortion due to external geopolitical factors. Field research not only opened up the debate on regreening but also the debate on agrosystem resilience. Brandt et al. (2017) confirmed that agriculture and its expansion in the Sahel also…

Land restoration is an essential component of any building forward strategy. Without land restoration, we will continue to face global crises. Ensuring food and water security, reducing emissions, and conserving biodiversity will not be possible without concerted efforts to regenerate our natural capital and transform our food systems. Land is the foundation of our…

This is a crucial moment for the world’s food systems. Hunger has been on the rise since 2015, and 3 billion people cannot afford healthy diets. At the same time, food systems are placing unsustainable demands on the world’s water and energy resources and contributing a hefty share of greenhouse gas emissions. All these trends were well under-way long before COVID-19.2020, which brought the…

The policy debate on climate security in the past 20 years has evolved from recognising climate change as threat multiplier or security risk and understanding the pathways through which this relationship occurs to assessing such security risks in specific regions and countries, also in terms of early warning. However, markedly less attention has been paid to considering how we can reduce adverse…

World’s first comprehensive energy roadmap shows government actions to rapidly boost clean energy and reduce fossil fuel use can create millions of jobs, lift economic growth and keep net zero in reach The number of countries announcing pledges to achieve net-zero emissions over the coming decades continues to grow. But the pledges by governments to date – even if fully achieved –…