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Getting back to basics on Desertification and Drought Day, the UNCCD challenges us to rethink how we use the land. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) brings people together to help put an end to land degradation that impacts over 1.3 billion people, and counting... Because while the amount of land available to farm is more or less fixed, the…

A Global Green New Deal could provide the means to achieve the SDGs’ ends. The US GND, as currently drafted in legislation before the US House of Representatives (H.Res.109) and US Senate (S.Res.59), suggests that it could provide an important step on the path to achieve both US national and global objectives. Much of the proposed GND’s support in the US comes from young people,…

The report identifies eight sets of climate levers to drive climate action, and recommends best practices to maximize the transformative impact of climate finance on developing countries. The World Bank Climate Change Group published the report as part of its Kickstarting the Sustainable Recovery Series in partnership with Innovate4Climate to demonstrate ways in which sustainable finance…

As infections with Covid-19 appear to be intensifying in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), fears of severe food shortages have prompted experts to warn that the region may be “on the brink of a hunger pandemic.” Efforts are intensifying to rally a major global response. But averting what some experts believe could be a food crisis of immense proportions requires paying close attention to an often…

The belief that fatalities, previously attributed to external events, would now be under the human control, is an illusion; today’s societies and individuals, far from emancipating from the “whims of the gods”, are now under the whims of other forces, dispossessed of true autonomy and increasingly powerless (Gauchet). The ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ (war, pestilence, famine, death),…

The opinion is primarily addressed to policymakers making use of scientific advice across the European Commission, and will be of relevance to the governance of scientific advice in the Commission. Read Scientific opinion – Adaptation to health effects of climate change in Europe and Summary – Adaptation to health effects of climate change in Europe following the link above …