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Restoring ecosystems crucial to combat climate change and biodiversity loss; reduces risks to food security Draft law does not impose new protected areas in the EU Targets postponed if there are exceptional socioeconomic consequences The EU must have restoration measures in place by 2030 covering at least 20% of its land and sea areas, say MEPs. Following a…
Sand and Dust Storms Sand and dust storms usually occur when strong winds lift large amounts of sand and dust from bare, dry soils into the atmosphere. Over the last decade, scientists have come to realize the impacts on climate, human health, the environment and many socio-economic sectors. WMO Members are at the vanguard in evaluating these impacts and developing products to guide…
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum Urbanization is changing agrifood systems globally in ways that can only be understood through a rural–urban continuum lens. The changing pattern of population agglomerations across a rural–urban continuum and its interface…
Reducing systemic inequalities, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and conserving biodiversity through nature conservation, sustainable land management and restoration by Emily Robertson, Moritz Hauer, Frederike Klümper | 13 July 2023 Land is at the interface and at the center of all three Rio Conventions. It must be managed sustainably if we want to mitigate and adapt…
Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019. ROME/NEW YORK/GENEVA – Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report…
One in nine people (or up to 783 million people) globally experienced hunger in 2022. Further, almost one in three people (or 2.4 billion people) in the world do not have constant access to food. Data and statistics from the recently launched State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 (SOFI 2023) report reveal a world still in crisis. While…