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Back to Nature in the Big City
“Nature-based solutions” is a term for all solutions that use the natural world to mitigate the effects of climate change. It sounds rural, but the phrase covers multiple possibilities, from tree planting to soak up carbon emissions to flood protection…
Plant Pandemics are Affecting up to 30 percent of Major Food Crops – and They’re Getting Worse
Plant disease surveillance, improved detection systems, and global predictive disease modeling are necessary to mitigate future disease outbreaks and protect the global food supply, according to a team of researchers. Plant diseases don’t stop at national borders and miles of…
Protecting Fragile Marine Ecosystems
This year’s World Environment Day, officially celebrated on 5 June, focuses on ecosystem restoration, an important aspect of a healthy world. The EBRD’s work with the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) shows how this can be successfully achieved. The Baltic…
Why the EU’s Proposed Carbon Border Must not be Used to Launch a Carbon Club
Fuelled by frustration over the perceived insufficient progress on climate action among many of the world’s major economies, the idea of a so-called carbon club is gaining considerable momentum. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s apparent keenness to use the UK’s presidency…
World Needs USD 8.1 Trillion Investment in Nature by 2050 to Tackle Triple Planetary Crisis
A total investment in nature of USD 8.1 trillion is required between now and 2050 – while annual investment should reach USD 536 billion annually by 2050 – in order to successfully tackle the interlinked climate, biodiversity, and land degradation…
Nature Loss Threatens Global Economy
The ongoing loss of natural spaces, including forests, has become a systemic risk for the global economy, warns a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and several partners. Over the past decade, 26 percent of global tree…
Space Observations Support Sustainable Development
Space-based observations are key to achieving the international agenda on sustainable development, disaster risk reduction and climate change and it is thus imperative to ensure there is a stable and sustainable space-environment. This was one of the take-home messages of…