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Billions of people using the Earth's resources and changing or destroying ecosystems are not only creating the global environmental and climate crisis, but also compromising human health and long-term survival of our species, experts warn in an open letter to world leaders. The #HealthyRecovery initiative, signed by more than 4500 health professionals from 90 countries, urges G20…

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre published a handbook to support local-level authorities in preparing reviews of SDG implementation (“voluntary local reviews,” or VLRs). The handbook provides examples from 14 reviews presented since 2018. Beginning in 2016, national governments have been invited to prepare Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) of their national planning to…

Over the next 6-18 months, it is estimated that countries will invest more than USD 20 trillion to recover from the fallout of COVID-19, with the global economy expected to shrink by 3% this year. The makeup of these financial decisions – and the industries and economic sectors that governments choose to support – will define the shape of our societies and economies for decades to come. At…

Coffee is a big deal. While just a handful of countries dominate production, it’s consumed in vast amounts almost everywhere on the planet: around 2 billion cups are drunk every day. All that coffee produces a lot of waste. Coffee grounds often end up in landfill or being washed into sinks and drains, contributing to the food waste problem – around a third of all food produced is…

Drawing from many disciplines, the report adopts a behavioural psychology perspective to argue that “social media changes people’s political behaviour”. Four pressure points are identified and analysed in detail: the attention economy; choice architectures; algorithmic content curation; and mis/disinformation. Policy implications are outlined in detail. This report is the second…

# Land use change is a major global driver of pandemic risk. # Land use change is a significant driver of the transmission and emergence of infectious diseases 40,177-179. # Land use change is cited as the cause of over 30% of emerging infectious diseases, and correlates significantly with the emergence of novel zoonoses globally 13,180. The majority (70%) of…