Tag: governance

In conversation with renowned author and MIT lecturer Otto Scharmer on how COVID-19 can affect behavior change and be used to re-shape global systems.

In examining the Australian fires, experts share on how Indigenous knowledge, relocation and government aid should be incorporated into fire aid globally.

With the COP 25 climate conference now set to take place in Madrid rather than Santiago, Latin American issues risk being pushed down the agenda.

Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development's André Weidenhaupt sees the country’s future with fewer cars and more finance.

Better ways to ‘space out’

NYDF assessment reveals limited progress in law enforcement and decision-making

Earlier this month, more than 1,000 people gathered for World Environment Day in Samarinda, the capital of Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. It was a moment – shared by millions of people all over the world in different ways – of reflection and action on the environment. In the run-up to the event, there had been […]

On my most recent visit to Rwanda, it was evident that farmers there are beginning to do well. I have visited the country on a number of occasions over the past ten years, and each time I am impressed to see significant improvements in the lives of ordinary people. With average annual agricultural growth rates […]

The current and projected severe impacts of climate change in Africa make adaptation an urgent priority. While reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a vital task, the benefits will only emerge over time. Adaptation to the impacts of climate change is needed now as well as over the next few decades. But adaptation faces many challenges. […]

In addition to addressing climate finance, one of the main topics discussed at the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case was decoupling deforestation from supply chains. “The Paris Agreement is significant because it brought forward the aspiration of staying below 2 degrees Celsius and put forests in the text,” said Marco Albani, Director of the Tropical Forest Alliance […]