Healthy land for a healthy planet
Climate — Global
A worldwide movement to protect, manage and restore the land will have fast and wide-ranging benefits. It must be the centerpiece of our global redesign
SDG 15
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Corporate environmental hypocrisy must end now
Climate — Global
Marketing and lobbying in support of bogus “green” solutions is undermining global efforts to halt climate change. The UN must step in to convene an intergovernmental scientific panel that evaluates corporate environmental claims
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Helping Italian farmers adapt to climate change through innovations in insurance
Food systems and sustainable agriculture — Europe
The Life ADA project, launched in Italy in autumn 2020, will provide practical support to the sector to face the challenges of climate change
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Save our species: halting biodiversity loss needs systemic change
Biodiversity — Global
Without action, this century will see many more species go extinct. Halting biodiversity loss calls for all countries to act now to transform how we produce, consume, and manage resources
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Climate is just one of nine identified ‘planetary boundaries’, beyond which humanity’s future comes under threat. We must ensure the SDGs succeed within these critical limits
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Tackling poverty and hunger within planetary boundaries
Food systems and sustainable agriculture — Asia (Central, Eastern and Southern), Global, Sub-Saharan Africa
To balance the combined pressures of climate change and growing populations, we need to re-evaluate what we eat and where and how it’s grown
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Farming for the future
Food systems and sustainable agriculture — Europe
Origin Green is creating a template for sustainable food production in Ireland that is science-based and quantifiable
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Mining for a carbon-neutral, inclusive, and sustainable future
Extractive and land resources — Global
How can we ensure that a healthy extractives industry delivers on the SDGs?
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Restoring land to combat climate change and degradation
Land use — Europe, Global
We know how to restore land, and the benefits it brings to communities, climate, and biodiversity. Countries must act on land restoration now
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Exposing destructive sources of finance
Financing — Sub-Saharan Africa
From illegal pollution to terrorism, one critical way to curb nefarious action is to identify and cut off its finance. How can we do this for abuses that threaten the SDGs?
