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Wang Yan Big investments in traditional infrastructures are driving the economy, but a path to green growth remains open Macroeconomic data for the first half of 2020, published on 16 July by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, revealed a striking recovery. Second quarter GDP growth turned po

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Forests , Gender , Labour , Sustainable Development / 08/05/2020

How are farmers responding to COVID-19?

Pavel Devyatkin The cases from Ecuador, Ghana and Nepal show that the impacts of the pandemic are different for women, indigenous peoples and rural populations. Forest and farm producer organizations, known as FFPOs, and the people they represent, produce 70 percent of the world’s food while using

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 08/04/2020

3 Billion Animals Died or Displaced by Australia’s Bushfire Crisis

Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires. It’s almost three times an earlier estimate released in January. The breakdown is 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds, and 51

Biodiversity , Climate , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Human Rights , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/02/2020

IUCN unveils Global Standards for nature based solutions

The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of nature-based solutions and maximise their potential to help address climate change, biodiversity loss and other societal challenges on a global scale. “The world is looking for durable and ef

Cities , Climate , Environment , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/01/2020

Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges

Nature Based Solutions (NBS) come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be applied across marine and terrestrial environments to solve a variety of societal challenges including mitigating climate change and enhancing the liveability of cities. In the 21st Century, society is faced with a variety

Business , Climate , COVID-19 , Economy , Environment , Labour , Sustainable Development , Transport / 07/31/2020

We’re flying less. And wild places that count on tourism dollars are starting to take notice

Dimitri Selibas Between flight shaming and a global pandemic, destinations that depend on travellers to protect ecosystems are finding themselves with fewer resources to do so. Rincon del Mar, a beachside hamlet on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, is part of a burgeoning industry that is helping to tur

Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Monitoring , Resources , Sustainable Development / 07/29/2020

HIGHEST NUMBER OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN 2019

Global Witness today revealed the highest number of land and environmental defenders murdered on record in a single year, with 212 people killed in 2019 for peacefully defending their homes and standing up to the destruction of nature. The NGO’s annual report also shed a light on the urgent r

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Environment , Food , Forests , Labour , Launches & Events , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/26/2020

Mars Chocolate invests in Sustainable Cocoa and Palm Oil Research

The new project launched between International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have will focus on two raw materials critical to the livelihoods of small-scale producers: cocoa and palm oil IFAD), Mars Incorpora

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 07/23/2020

Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke

Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian Taiga forests, in what is becoming an annual occurrence It’s another year that Russian authorities have failed to stop these fires risking local communities and contributing to climate change. Gre

Aid , Business , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Energy , Environment , Sustainable Development / 07/16/2020

Fossil fuels rank high in G20’s Covid-19 recovery plans

Fermín Koop G20 governments have allocated at least US$151 billion to fossil fuels since the pandemic started, largely overlooking renewables Most of the world’s 20 leading economies, including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, are choosing to support fossil fuels over clean energy as part of their c

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