September 5, 2019
Restore landscapes to push ahead on sustainable development, says International Resource Panel
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Land restoration has tremendous potential to help the world limit climate change and achieve its aims for sustainable development, according to a new study by the International Resource Panel (IRP). Hot on the heels of the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found that climate change was reducing land’s ability […] ...
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July 12, 2019
What We’re Reading: Foundations Making Big Announcements For The Planet
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Climate change is a big problem, and big problems require big solutions. With the climate crisis worsening and the loss of biodiversity threatening the stability of life on Earth, there is an indisputable need for coordinated efforts that broadly engage and mobilize the public to improve environmental outcomes. This week, we read about newly announced […] ...
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July 8, 2019
What We’re Reading: Securing a Sustainable Future With Regenerative Agriculture
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Leveraging the mitigation potential of agriculture is integral to the fight against climate change, and necessary to secure a safe, sustainable future without carbon pollution. Tackling the climate crisis requires concerted strategies implemented at the local, regional, national, and global scale. By pulling carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in the ground, regenera ...
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June 20, 2019
New Methodology will fill knowledge gaps for transformative landscape finance
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The Landscape Assessment of Financial Flows will help landscape initiatives ID funds for key projects and target investments that are driving degradation. Collaborative landscape initiatives have demonstrated enormous potential to mobilize stakeholders across sectors, supporting them to work together toward shared objectives of landscape regeneration. This meets a wide range of ...
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June 14, 2019
What We’re Reading: Seeding a Sustainable Future
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Global food security cannot happen without sustainable food production, and sustainable food production heavily depends on the seed security of the world’s farming community. As the repository of the genetic potential of crop species and their varieties, seeds are the foundation of agriculture. With climate change threatening food production, sustainable seed systems that ens ...
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June 7, 2019
What We’re Reading: World Food Safety Day
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Investing in sustainable food systems is vital to ensuring the safety of our food. Today is the first-ever UN World Food Safety Day, a day that aims to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe. Food is a sustainer of life, and with an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne diseases […] ...
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