Publications

Agriculture

This report offers an in-depth exploration of the vulnerabilities, challenges, and transformative potential of Africa’s food systems. A combined response is needed from governments, the private sector, communities, and…

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SDGs

We are halfway to 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are way off track. Drawing on the latest data and scientific insights, a new report offers practical solutions to accelerate SDG implementation.

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Climate change

The rate of temperature increase in Africa has accelerated in recent decades, with weather- and climate-related hazards becoming more severe. And yet financing for climate adaptation is only a drop in the ocean of what…

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Climate change

Children in Africa are among the most at risk of the impacts of climate change but are woefully neglected by the key climate financing flows required to help them adapt, survive and respond to the climate crisis, this…

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Biodiversity

In a newly published report, researchers from the World Resources Institute (WRI) explore how rising demand for food, wood and shelter is squeezing land which is needed for storing carbon and protecting biodiversity.…

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Food systems

This guide provides insights into how to achieve a successful and collaborative transition to sustainable food systems.

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Biodiversity

The newly published report “The world’s mangroves 2000–2020” provides global and regional estimates of the area covered by mangrove forests, including area changes between 2000 and 2020. It analyses the drivers of these…

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Environment

Our planet can be liveable if we use natural resources more efficiently, says a new report. Combining innovative science, data, and biophysical and economic models, the report offers a novel way to achieve…

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SDGs

The world is at risk of losing a decade of progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this report states, calling for an overhaul of the global financial architecture to address chronic shortfalls in SDG…

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Food security

The food security and nutrition situation remained grim in 2022, while food insecurity affects more people living in rural areas, this year’s edition of the annual UN SOFI report states.

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