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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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A better way for vegans, vegetarians, meat eaters and livestock herders alike—By ecologist Ian Scoones
22.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Goat herds returning home at sunset in Namunyak Conservancy of the Northern Rangelands Trust. Kenya…
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More people, more food, worse water?
21.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Turning around a "toxic" relationship.…
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Miracle mangrove “land builders” adapt to ocean rise amid climate change
20.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Understanding how ecosystems function can help scientists develop strategies to ensure the planet wi…
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International Decade for Action
18.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
“Water for Sustainable Development” 2018-2028…
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How to take forest landscape restoration to the next level
17.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Europe - Governments around the world have pledged over 150 million hectares of forested land…
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Better farming practices key to combating desertification and drought
15.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Combating desertification and drought is critical, but focusing on the bigger challenge of unsustain…
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Water User Associations
13.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Learning to deliver on their promise in Africa Irrigated agriculture has once again risen to…
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Future finance: Blend, bond and blockchain
12.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sustainable finance is struggling to adapt to the rapidity of global development, forcing global res…
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Synergizing climate change mitigation and adaptation in Cameroon
12.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Cameroon needs to adopt an integrated approach to climate change. However, there are still many…
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A first – and hard – look at restoring Mexico’s terrestrial ecosystems
11.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Mexico is home to vast biological and cultural diversity, alongside a robust legal framework and…
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Realizing bamboo and rattan’s full potential: An interview with INBAR Director General Hans Friederich
11.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Ahead of the Global Bamboo and Rattan Conference (BARC) on June 25-27, 2018, the International…
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Figuring out the water cycle… still
06.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
There are a few different levels of understanding about the water cycle. There are the…
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WateRice project demonstrated laser guided land leveling technology to Iloilo farmers
06.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
IRRI works with national partners to promote technologies that maximize water-use efficiency and to …
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World Environment Day
06.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Our rivers are barometers of environmental neglect – it’s time to clean them up…
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AdaDerana.lk: How is Sri Lanka preparing to tackle recurring floods?
05.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
However, each year the country scrambles in search for an effective forecast and flood management…
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A second climate smart agricultural revolution in the Andes
04.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change is impacting the lives of potato farmers in the Andean region, intensifying damage…
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To survive in climate change, look past targets and focus on the long game
31.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Under the theme “Building the Investment Case for Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration,” the 2…
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Here’s how to do bean breeding the climate-smart way
28.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
There’s a high likelihood that in 10-30 years’ time, heat stress will become a constraint…
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