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Landscape-restoration projects and climate-adaptation initiatives must involve local communities to make them successful and expandable. Scientists presenting at an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) side event during the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland said that local communities are an integral part of restoration…

However, a study by the University of Bonn shows that this does not apply to all regions in the Sahel Fifteen years ago, the African Union decided on an ambitious program: degraded ecosystems in parts of the Sahel are to be successively restored in order to secure food for the people living there and to protect the soil against further degradation. At the same time, the African Great…

A high-level ministerial event on the African led Great Green Wall initiative took place Monday, 8 November at the Climate Change COP26 to identify critical elements to help the public and private sectors to make best use of the billions of dollars pledged this year, and bring to fruition 8,000km of green projects, stretching right across Africa. Placing local populations and…

The final text calls on the UNGA President to initiate a process of follow-up to enable all Member States to begin inclusive intergovernmental consideration of the proposals in the report and their potential means of implementation. The resolution also asks the Secretary-General to “inform Member States” and engage in consultations on his proposals for follow-up action. …

The East Africa Drought Watch is a near-real time system that uses Earth Observation and Weather information to monitor drought conditions in the East Africa region. It contain drought-relevant information such as maps of indicators derived from different data sources (e.g., precipitation measurements, satellite measurements, modelled soil moisture content). Different tools, like Graphs and…

After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, “reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the state of political will in the world today”. Credit: UN News/Laura Quiñones NEW YORK, Nov 19 2021 (IPS) - A week has gone by since COP 26 with 197…