Publications

Climate change

Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, this report says.

SDGs

With just six years remaining, current progress falls far short of what is required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without massive investment and scaled up action, the achievement will remain elusive,…

Forestry

Innovations in forestry are essential for sustainability. This report details the increasing intensity of wildfires, the threat of invasive species and the crucial role of forest-sector innovation in overcoming these…

Food security

The world is falling significantly short of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, Zero Hunger, by 2030, this report warns. It shows that the world has been set back 15 years, with levels of undernourishment…

Employment

Unlocking Africa's economic potential is vital as its young, skilled workforce grows. This report highlights that by 2050, 85 per cent of the global working-age population increase will take place in Africa. Despite…

Food security

This edition of the Right to Food and Nutrition WATCH focuses on the causes, impacts and responses to the food, climate and ecological crises during 2023.

Agriculture

This report analyses trends in the drivers of agricultural commodity supply and demand, projects the shifts in production and consumption locations, and assesses the resulting changes in international agricultural trade…

Women

This report highlights key constraints that need to be addressed to enable young women to significantly increase their productivity and contribution to Africa’s economic growth by 2030.

Migration

Overall numbers in forced displacement rose to 120 million people by May 2024. The largest increase in displacement figures came from people fleeing conflict who remain in their own country, up almost 50 per cent over…

Fisheries

World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time. Record production of aquatic foods underlines the sector’s…