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Never has there been a more critical time for governments to scrutinise and scale-up their expenditure on food and agriculture. Over the last year, efforts to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 were derailed further owing to COVID-19, with many more millions of people likely to have gone hungry, on top of the 690 million that already suffered from undernourishment before the pandemic hit societies…

This report shows how 2020 marked ten years of cities reporting the climate and environmental data through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System. It presents how in 2020, there has been a 17x increase in city disclosure since 2011 — 812 cities have disclosed, compared to just 48 in 2011. It discusses how cities are aiming to build resilience to protect every person as well as Climate planning…

Findings from a new eye-opening report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) commissioned by WWF, spanning 54 countries that hold 80% of the world's population, reveal that we're entering a new era of change - perhaps the most important era for the future of humanity and our planet. The report presents country cases, regional overview and analysis of environmental campaigns and…

In recent years the European Union has been operating a significant shift in its approach to conflicts by advocating more strongly for an integrated approach, which does not just look at conflicts from a security perspective, but rather tries to integrate development, humanitarian aid and diplomacy into its toolbox of conflict resolution. The wealth of available information and…

How to be a Hero for All our Children: A People's Climate Toolkit is a guide to personal and political climate action. Gathering climate science from the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), alongside suggested personal actions and questions for politicians, “How to be a Hero” is an accessible resource to share with local communities and as part of educational…

World Social Report 2021: Reconsidering Rural Development launched in May calls for an urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either the socioeconomic or the environmental Goals of this Agenda. 4 out of every 5 people who face extreme…