Livestock

Camelids are of economic, social and cultural importance around the globe, especially among highly vulnerable communities. In challenging environments, camelids are indispensable for their ability to endure harsh…

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Climate change

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is the world’s largest dedicated multilateral climate fund and aims to support climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries. Mobilising financial resources from the…

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Climate change

The intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming, a new study finds. The analysis by researchers from the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that…

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Climate change

Negotiators from nearly 200 Parties came together at COP28 with a decision on the world’s first ‘global stocktake’ to ratchet up climate action before the end of the decade – with the overarching aim to keep the global…

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Food security

A new Africa and Middle East initiative aims to address the challenges of food security in the region. Africa’s abundant land and natural resources means it has the potential to become a breadbasket to feed the Middle…

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Food security

In mid-November, scientists, agricultural and food experts and policy-makers met at the Global Crop Diversity Summit to discuss the crucial role that seed banks have in safeguarding food security in the wake of global…

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Food systems

Endorsement of a new Declaration at COP28 will help in strengthening food systems, building resilience to climate change, reducing global emissions, and contributing to the global fight against hunger, aligned with the…

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Climate change

Unlike what has so far been the case with climate funds, the concept for the new fund for loss and damage addresses not only the industrialised nations. Rather, both these and developing countries are to decide where the…

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Food systems

Transformation of agrifood systems is an important contribution to climate action, FAO says, as the world meets at COP28. At the conference, details of the loss and damage fund will discussed, and the first global…

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Climate change

Natural habitats such as reefs and mangrove forests offer some protection from cyclones. However, protection is declining. Today, 1.4 million more coastal inhabitants are unprotected each year than 30 years ago because…

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