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The Global South needs a just transition. What will it take?

We can’t keep burning fossil fuels, but can poorer countries develop without them? Here’s how to achieve a just transition in the Global South.

 
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Does development aid help or hinder food sovereignty in Africa?

Africa received a third of global development aid in 2021. But is this aid really helping tackle hunger – or does it encourage dependency?

 
Alstom X'Trapolis train

Tren Maya: The good, the bad and the ugly of Mexico’s megaproject

As Mexico’s Tren Maya nears completion, locals are hopeful about a tourist boom – but worried about its impacts on water and ecosystems.

 
In the Indian Ocean, global warming is leading to rising sea levels and temperatures threatening biodiversity and local livelihoods. Jcob Nasyr, Unsplash

Oceans “not yet beyond repair,” but getting closer

The UN's Second World Ocean Assessment lays out the critical state of the oceans – and how little is known about them and their ecosystems.

 
The forests of the Baram region in Malaysian Borneo. Fiona McAlpine

Seeing Borneo’s wildlife through the eyes of its citizen scientists

Citizen scientists from Indigenous groups in Borneo document the island's rare biodiversity in attempts to to protect it from logging.

 
The ACE stoves are designed to provide clean, smokeless energy for cooking in off-the-grid communities in Africa and Asia. Photo courtesy of African Clean Energy

How can clean stoves contribute to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Social enterprise African Clean Energy combines solar power with cooking devices to deliver clean energy to off-the-grid communities.

 
The Zambezi Delta in Mozambique, where the Green Climate Fund is supporting projects on food-security for women and ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change.

A decade old, the world’s largest climate fund receives its first pulse-check

Independent evaluation head Jyotsna Puri casts her critical eye on the strengths and weaknesses of the Green Climate Fund, the world's largest climate fund.

 
At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
A new report says that only 8.6 of the global economy is circular. Caffeinatrix, Flickr

Global resource consumption has topped 100 billion tons per year

A transition to a circular economy is necessary, but how is this achieved? A new report examines the roles and responsibilities of different countries.

 
Tarvurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea, one of two countries to support a proposed decade-long moratorium on Pacific Ocean seabed mining. Taro Taylor, Flickr

Should we mine the Pacific Ocean’s seabed?

Island states the weigh the financial revenues of mining the Pacific Ocean for minerals against biodiversity and environmental impacts.

 

A 4-step plan for spatial planning

Better ways to ‘space out’

 

Supergrass: The many benefits of bamboo

How the woody grass can advance restoration and economies

 

Comparing the three peatland regions most crucial for climate change

New journal maps threats for tropical peatlands

 

It is time to get landscapes on the fast-track to sustainability – and here’s how

Delegates at GLF Bonn make the business case for balancing social, economic and environmental goals

 

Urgency on climate change a theme, not an undercurrent

Day 1 notes from GLF Bonn 2018

 

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