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By Donna Barne (WB). Originally published by The World Bank’s Voices: Perspectives on Development Blog. The world must move quickly to fulfill the promise of the climate change agreement reached in Paris four months ago and accelerate low-carbon growth, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on the opening day of the Spring Meetings. More […]

The 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) was the largest event convened on the sidelines of the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris. Over two days (5-6 December), the Forum brought together more than 3,200 participants from agriculture, forestry, water management, finance and other land use decision makers. At the Forum, participants committed to: restoring 128 million ha […]

By Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain. Originally published by The World Bank’s Voices: Perspectives on Development blog. In 2015, more than 500 million hectares of forests were held by indigenous peoples.  Despite the increase in forest area designated for and owned by indigenous peoples in recent decades, governments still administer 60 percent of these forest areas while […]

Gina Ziervogel, University of Cape Town; Kate Kloppers, University of Cape Town, and Lucia Scodanibbio, University of Cape Town Rising temperatures and more extreme, unpredictable climate events are making sustainable livelihoods tough for many people living in semi-arid regions of the world. To adapt, local communities, and especially farmers, use different strategies and responses. Research […]

By Toby Gardner (SEI). Contributions by Caspar Trimmer and Javier Godar (SEI); Helen Bellfield, Rachel Mountain, Alex Morrice, David Sabogal (GCP). Originally published by the Global Canopy Programme blog.  Internationally traded agricultural commodities – such as soy, beef and oil palm – are a multi-billion-dollar segment of the global economy and play a key role […]

By Shenggen Fan (IFPRI). Originally published by the International Food Policy Research Institute blog. There is a lot of buzz in the global development community about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the pledges to cut poverty, hunger, and malnutrition while protecting the planet—signed by 193 countries. This commitment will guide global action over the next 15 years, […]