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With the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration underway, review finds successes and many challenges ahead to restore Africa’s degraded lands and improve livelihoods The first ever stocktake of restoring Africa’s forests and landscapes, launched during Africa Climate Week, shows that more needs to b

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Opinions , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/28/2021

How to meet climate and SDG goals together for cities

Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan Cities are growing by leaps and bounds. Currently, almost 55 percent of the global population lives in cities. This figure is estimated to grow to 68 percent by 2050. In this decade, which is also

Climate , Environment , Events , Governance , Human Rights , Multimedia , Photos , Sustainable Development / 09/25/2021

Climate the central agenda of German Elections, boosted by Friday Klima Streik

Greta Thunberg joined 100,000 plus protestors, mostly, youth, teenagers and children for Global Fridays for Future Strike, two days before the German elections

Biodiversity , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Opinions , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/23/2021

The Negligence of Indigenous Community under the Food Development Programme in Indonesia

Feny Nuroktaviani Indigenous Forest in Indonesia is categorized as state forest, that authorizes the government to utilize the forest for the sake of the state interest Since the 1990s, Food Estate has been one of the Indonesian government’s key programs to strengthen food security in In

Biodiversity , Business , Cities , Climate , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/22/2021

More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests

Many cities are investing in trees, forests and other nature-based solutions to counteract these effects and help their residents adapt to climate change City leaders representing combined population of nearly 173 million residents have issued the Cities4Forests “Call to Action on Forests & C

Aid , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Resources , Sustainable Development / 09/21/2021

A shortfall of $75 billion expected over a period of six-years affecting the most vulnerable nations

Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing pledge to mobilize $100 billion each year from 2020 to 2025 to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the dangerous effects of climate change and reduce their emissions, according to estimates by Oxfa

Business , Economy , Education , Environment , Health , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Waste / 09/20/2021

Three takeaways as Kenya marks 4 years since the ban on single-use plastic bags

Amos Wemanya Following the example of Kenya, many African countries are leading the world in finding solutions to plastic pollution through legislative mechanisms It is exactly four years since Kenya banned the use of single-use plastic carrier bags. It is important that as we mark the 4th

Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/19/2021

Droughts and late monsoon floods batter South Asia

Joydeep Gupta, Ramesh Bhushal Intensifying climate change means that opposite disasters are manifesting at the same time across the region, making emergency responses harder than ever As many parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh face floods, drought continues to affect large swathes of Pakistan

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/15/2021

2.6 Million Acres of Grassland Lost in North American Great Plains in One Year

Across the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains, approximately 2.6 million acres of intact grassland – an area larger than Yellowstone National Park – were plowed up in 2019 to make room for row-crop production, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) 2021 Plowprint Report. The new findings repres

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Food , Governance , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/14/2021

Calls for halt to funding for industrial agriculture in Africa

Inga Vesper Civil society organisations have called on influential donors to stop funding industrial agriculture programmes, which they say harm smallholder farmers and the environment. The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) — which represents 200 million small

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