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Upheaval on the global stage, the war in Ukraine, conflict in the Horn of Africa, severe climatic shocks, high international inflation, increasing global commodity prices, high prices of agricultural inputs and low intra-continental trade are fuelling food insecurity across Africa. Of the 24 countries classified as hunger hotspots by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization

Shadow secretary for climate change and net zero accuses global leaders of ‘fiddling while the world burns’. This live blog has closed Rishi Sunak is speaking now. He says when he became PM, he said he would put stability and confidence at the heart of the government’s agenda. Continue reading…

Research, part of a special feature on Collaborative Management, Environmental Caretaking, and Sustainable Livelihoods ABSTRACT In April of 2018, the island of Kauaʻi broke national 24-hour rainfall records, experiencing several days of intense rain and flooding that destroyed property, threatened lives, and reshaped the land. However, out of the turmoil came stories of survival, resilience,

Despite breakthrough on fund for developing nations, Ursula von der Leyen says Cop27 has not delivered on commitment to phase down fossil fuels This liveblog is now closed The main sticking point of Cop27 has been over the creation of a loss and damage fund – finance provided by rich nations to poorer ones to

Poorer countries denounce wealthier nations for delay and refusal over ‘loss and damage’ payments Deep divisions threatened to derail the world’s chances of limiting the climate crisis last night as negotiators struggled to keep nations working together to tackle global heating. In a day of high drama at the Cop27 UN climate summit in Sharm

Research ABSTRACT The development of societies, including spiritual development, is closely connected to forests. The larger interrelations among changing societies, transforming forest landscapes, and evolving spiritual values related to forests have yet to be extensively considered. Addressing this research gap is important to avoid the neglect of spiritual values in forest policy and management. Our

President-elect says he will work to save Amazon rainforest and key ecosystems in rousing Cop27 speech President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the world that “Brazil is back” at Cop27, vowing to begin undoing the environmental destruction seen under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, and work towards zero deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.