Publications

Climate change

2023 was the warmest year on record, according to this report. The cost of climate inaction is higher than the cost of climate action, the authors stress, pointing out that extreme weather undermines socio-economic…

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Rural development

Uneven development is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarisation. We are facing a dangerous gridlock that we must tackle collectively, says a new report.

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Rural development

The world urgently needs to shift to zero waste, says a new report. Waste management improvements are needed to limit pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and negative impacts on human health.

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Forestry

As governments face increasing pressure to protect their forests, a new report highlights the importance of sharing the wins and setbacks of tried and tested action in the Global South.

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Disasters

This year’s report gives a largely negative global outlook for the next two years – which is expected to worsen over the next decade. Extreme weather events and disinformation are the highest risks.

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Markets

A quarter of the total global tea volume is produced under Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs). But 90 per cent of this VSS-compliant tea is sold as conventionally produced, leaving smallholder farmers with high…

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Food security

The hunger funding gap increased dramatically in 2023, this report states. Countries dealing with “crisis” hunger levels received only 35 per cent of hunger-related funding requested in 2023.

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Food systems

Food systems in Africa need to be developed in a way that is climate resilient and ecologically sustainable in the long term. The continent must move away from the current “business as usual” trajectory. This report…

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Finance

Agriculture is one of the sectors with the highest adaptation finance needs for implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions (or national climate plans), but climate finance for adaptation is on a downward trend.

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China has abandoned its traditional foreign policy restraint and is playing an active role in shaping the global order of the 21st century. This analysis shines a spotlight on these changes, concentrating explicitly on…

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