Climate change

A German research team have aligned IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) benchmarks on land emissions with national greenhouse gas inventories. They re-analysed emission pathways consistent with Paris…

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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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Climate change

This report highlights the central role of agrifood systems in the loss and damage debate and identifies the gaps in data, knowledge and finance that need to be addressed.

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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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Climate change

In a new study, scientists of the German Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) have investigated the effects of climate change on major cereal crops such as wheat, maize, millet (pictured here),…

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Climate change

Nations must go further than current Paris pledges, this report warns. There is an urgent need to step up climate action.

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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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Climate change

In just a few days, the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP28) starts in Dubai. A reason for hope? Our author doubts it.

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Climate change

The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a new record last year, and there is no end in sight to the rising trend.

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Climate change

Methane emissions are increasingly recognised as a major driver of the climate crisis. This report offers a comprehensive assessment of options to pursue efficient, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.

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