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Globally, one in nine people suffers from hunger or malnutrition, according to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Food security’s large need for small doses of sustainable finance

Access to sustainable finance proves a challenge for scaling up smallholder projects that combine climate goals with achieving food security.

 
Movements for equity are joining forces around the world, crossing-cutting issues such as climate, race and health. Marcus Spiske, Flickr

#BLM and climate justice join forces, the Arctic heats, and COVID-19 gear fills oceans

In this news roundup: new dates for COP 26, world’s largest electric aircraft takes off, and Extinction Rebellion meets Black Lives Matter

 
Mangrove conservationist Camille Rivera joins the Global Landscapes Forum Digital Conference from a remote hilltop in the Philippines, near where she conducts her work. Photo: Aoibheann Gillespie-Mules

Digital conferencing: our best new tool for addressing global crises?

The Global Landscapes Forum proves digital conferencing holds massive advantages for climate, social and knowledge-sharing goals.

 

“Science is magic, but real.”

And other quotes from the Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2020 digital conference

 

What is the state of environmental journalism in different parts of the world?

GLF Live with journalists Sara Schonhardt, Sahana Ghosh, Fredrick Mugira and Bram Ebus

 

How does the language we use affect our treatment of the planet?

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Lavender fields in France, one of the members states of the E.U., which collectively pledged to spend EUR 20 billion annually on biodiversity conservation. stezz, Flickr

Plant-based beer bottles, lifesaving llamas and billion$ for biodiversity

In this news roundup: global carbon emissions down 17%, virtual conferences go mainstream, and locusts wreak havoc in India

 
A panther chameleon, found in the tropcial forests of Madagascar. Renee Grayson, Flickr

Biodiversity 101: Why it matters and how to protect it

What are the main threats to biodiversity – and how can we tackle them? Here’s all you need to know about protecting the planet’s species.

 

How is gaming teaching new audiences about the climate crisis?

GLF Live with Elizabeth Newbury and Alan Gershenfeld

 
A satellite image from the European Space Agency color-codes different vegetative areas, helping inform watering methods to protect agriculture from effects of climate change. European Space Agency, Flickr

Fact-checking Michael Moore, green stimulus and video calls with eels

In this news roundup: Norway divests from oil sands, Michael Moore documentary sparks controversy, and how solar and wind became cheaper than coal and gas.

 
A forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where management plans have grown to now cover 20 million hectares of forests, despite the increasingly rate of forest area loss in Africa. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

4.06 billion remaining hectares, and other new numbers on forests… But what do they mean?

Putting the U.N.'s new Global Forest Resources Asssessment 2020, which breaks down the latest data on forest area, into context.

 
The COVID-19 pandemic. Jernej Furman, Flickr

Negative oil prices, a Korean Green Deal, and face masks from ocean plastic

In this news roundup: Earth Day turns 50 online, nature takes over cities in lockdown, and why clean energy could be worth USD 100 trillion by 2050.

 
An offshore wind farm in North Wales. Doug Scobie, Flickr

Social distancing tips from the platypus, renewable records and enzymatic scissors

In this bi-weekly digest of climate news: long-term costs of climate change revealed, commodity prices wobble, and animals that practice social distancing.

 
Facemasks to protect from Coronavirus. Prachatai, Flickr

Coronavirus and carbon emissions, COP 26’s postponement and Venice’s clear waters

In this news roundup: the connections between coronavirus and carbon emissions, oil prices, the ozone layer and where to get carbon-negative hand sanitizer.

 

At the dawn of COVID-19, how did the climate change sector react to the pandemic?

In conversation with Charlotte Streck, co-founder and director of global think tank Climate Focus on COVID-19's effects on continued climate action.

 

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