Elwyn Grainger-Jones is the Executive Director of the CGIAR System Organization. By Elwyn Grainger-JonesMONTPELLIER, France, Jul 22 2020 (IPS) The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the structural weaknesses of today’s food systems, showing how quickly global networks of food production, trade and supply can waver under the impact of a single disease. By compromising access to
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22 July 2020
Research Provides the Bricks and Mortar for Our Food Systems to ‘Build Back Better’
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22 July 2020
Sustainability, resilience, adaptation, and transformation: tensions and plural approaches
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This article focuses on the debates among resilience, sustainability, adaptation, and transformation concepts. The conceptualization and application of sustainability and resilience thinking in the human-environmental interactions, social-ecological systems, and global environmental change literature remain dominant, which provide a common interdisciplinary and policy language where research in socio-environmental systems can converge. Yet, the lack of clarity
21 July 2020
The Great Migration Clash
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Credit: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNOHCR). By Joseph ChamieNEW YORK, Jul 21 2020 (IPS) The world is in the midst of the Great Migration Clash, a bitter struggle between those who “want out” of their countries and those who want others to “keep out” of their countries. More than a billion
21 July 2020
Campaigners launch legal challenge against UK’s green recovery plans
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Plan B says government proposals unlawful in light of obligations to cut emissions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Climate campaigners have launched a formal legal challenge against the government’s green recovery plans, claiming they are inadequate and “clearly unlawful” in light of the UK’s obligations to reduce emissions. Plan B, the
21 July 2020
By abandoning the Paris agreement, Trump makes America less safe | Ban Ki-moon
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The world needs US leadership – walking away will do nothing to stop the consequences of climate change The Paris agreement to tackle climate change is an extraordinary opportunity. In a remarkable display of unity, almost every nation on Earth has agreed to make critical changes that will help humanity avoid disaster. By aiming to
21 July 2020
Challenging Cultural Norms and Removing Stigma is Key to Confronting Lesotho’s Rape Culture
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Credit: UN Women. By Mamello MakheleTHABA-TSEKA, Lesotho, Jul 20 2020 (IPS) The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and given rise to a new, deeply concerning wave of rape culture in Lesotho. Although the true extent is not known yet, we have noticed concerning reports that the onset of the pandemic has worsened sexual violence with more
20 July 2020
The influence of landscape change on multiple dimensions of human–nature connectedness
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Human–nature connectedness is hailed as a potential remedy for the current sustainability crisis, yet it is also deeply affected by it. Here, we perform a comprehensive assessment of human–nature connectedness that includes material, experiential, cognitive, emotional, and philosophical dimensions. We show that these dimensions of human–nature connectedness are strongly interlinked, especially via emotional and experiential
20 July 2020
Are All Colonies Created Equal? The Role of Honey Bee Colony Strength in Almond Pollination Contracts
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Publication date: November 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 177 Author(s): Brittney K. Goodrich, Rachael E. Goodhue
19 July 2020
‘Carbon savings’ from Covid-19 lockdown halve within weeks
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Greenhouse gas emissions from energy and transport sectors climb as more people return to work Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK’s carbon emissions have begun to rebound following the easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures, causing the “carbon savings” triggered by the coronavirus to halve within weeks. Greenhouse gas emissions from
19 July 2020
Tracking the carbon emissions of Denmark’s five regions from a producer and consumer perspective
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Publication date: November 2020 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 177 Author(s): Osei-Owusu Kwame Albert, Thomsen Marianne, Lindahl Jonathan, Javakhishvili Larsen Nino, Caro Dario