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A methodology to assess the impacts of EU policies on land. What are the direct impacts of the EU policy on land use, land take and land degradation. Links between land take, land degradation and land efficiency and EU strategic objectives on land use and land degradation. It would be valuable to have a stronger information base for future assessments; for example, indicators related to…

A methodology to assess the impacts of EU policies on land. What are the direct impacts of the EU policy on land use, land take and land degradation. Links between land take, land degradation and land efficiency and EU strategic objectives on land use and land degradation. It would be valuable to have a stronger information base for future assessments; for example, indicators related to…

Land and soil are limited natural resources. ‘Land’, can be defined as the terrestrial bio-productive system that comprises soil, vegetation, other biota, and the ecological and hydrological processes that operate within the system (according to UNCCD Art 1e). It is fundamental for food and raw materials, for protecting biodiversity, for storing carbon emissions, for filtering contaminants…

Tackling high levels of food insecurity calls for innovative policy approaches that recognise that geography matters. Different territories need different policy responses to account for their particular challenges. Food security issues in remote rural areas are not the same as those in metropolitan areas, nor are the problems in one rural area the same as those faced by adjacent rural areas…

The Paris Agreement has raised the political profile of climate resilience. There is now a global goal for climate change adaptation and it is recognized that adaptation represents a challenge with local, national and international dimensions. The 2016 Adaptation Finance Gap Report explores the costs of meeting adaptation needs and assesses the funding that is available for meeting those…

What’s important about this report is that it suggests that working to achieve 1.5°C might just make it easier to meet several of the SDGs too. Renewable energy and the potential it has to plug off-grid power gaps, for example, may be indispensable to achieving universal energy access. Reducing vulnerability of food systems can help to end hunger and malnutrition around the world. Limiting…