A growing number of studies analysing the statistical relationship between climate change and violent conflict have appeared in recent years. Whilst this research offers a comprehensive and systematic assessment of emerging climate-security risks, its results remain ambiguous and are often…

Despite the recent slowdown of the global economy and the weakening of Africa’s economic performance with the attendant implications for inclusion and sustainability, the long term growth outlook for Africa remains promising. The region’s long-term fundamentals remain strong as the pace of growth…

Without urgent action to address low levels of competitiveness, Africa’s economies will not create enough jobs for the young people entering the job market. If current policies remain unchanged, fewer than one-quarter of the 450 million new jobs needed in Africa in the next 20 years will be created…

A guidebook on gender mainstreaming, a brief on the role of women in climate change adaptation in the Himalayas, and a report on decent work for indigenous peoples have pointed to the role of women and indigenous peoples in addressing climate change. These publications highlight the interlinkages…

The SBI will convene two mandated events on capacity building: the first meeting of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building taking place from 11-13 May 2017; and the sixth meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building to be held on 10 May 2017. The SBSTA is expected to address the development…

Natural water-retention measures, which ‘keep the rain where it falls’, have great potential to be used as part of flood-risk management plans. But their benefits for downstream urban areas can bring costs to the upstream agricultural areas where they are installed, a recent analysis explains. The…

Resilient Cities 2017, the Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation takes place May 4 - 6, 2017 in Bonn, Germany and anticipates more than 400 participants - among which local government representatives, international organizations, private and public sector resilience and climate…

2017 is a defining year for the partnership between Europe and Africa. In a rapidly changing global landscape, Africa is experiencing profound economic, political and societal changes, and its importance to the internal and external dimensions of Europe's security and prosperity is becoming ever…

A joint Conference of the “International Soil Conservation Organization” (19th ISCO ), the “World Association for Soil and Water Conservation” (WASWAC), the “European Society for Soil Conservation” (8th ESSC Congress), the “International Union of Soil Science (IUSS-), the Soil and Water Conservation…

This dataset is derived from the integration of the LUCAS soil survey data with the bio-geochemistry process-based model DayCent. The model was ran for more than 11,000 LUCAS sampling points un­der agricultural use, assessing also the model uncertainty. Meta-models based on model outcomes and the…

According to the UN, there are 20 million people in the Sahel who are food-insecure, mainly due to lack of water. If development plans for hydropower and irrigation projects do not position ecosystems at the heart of national and regional development strategies, Europe and other nations will fail to…

FORUM paper: The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). In this FORUM paper the authors discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals in the most effective manner. Soil science…

SOIL is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of high-quality research in the field of soil system sciences. SOIL is at the interface between the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. SOIL publishes scientific research that contributes to…

Our sustainability reports and publications highlight some of the best examples of sustainability leadership that have emerged over the past few years and explore new ideas and approaches that have the potential to deliver transformational change.

The Global Tracking Framework 2017 (GTF) aims to provide the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on energy access, energy efficiency and renewable energy. It assesses the progress made by each country on these three pillars and provides a snapshot of how far we are…

The EUEI PDF is a multi-donor facility that contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular on energy. As a flexible instrument of the European Union, the EUEI PDF promotes sustainable energy for equitable development in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Global Policy is an innovative and interdisciplinary journal bringing together world class academics and leading practitioners to analyse both public and private solutions to global problems and issues. It focuses on understanding globally relevant risks and collective action problems; policy…

Global Policy is an innovative and interdisciplinary journal bringing together world class academics and leading practitioners to analyse both public and private solutions to global problems and issues. It focuses on understanding globally relevant risks and collective action problems; policy…

The global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration represents a strategic and significant opportunity for the international community to progress in terms of international migration governance and offers a timely opportunity to account for environmental, natural disaster and climatic…

Four widespread forms of SLM have been examined in the new publication "SLM in Asia: Introducing the Landscape Approach" by William Critchley and Frank Radstake in collaboration with Asian Development Bank - ADB. It is referring to specific WOCAT case studies and the WOCAT database. Have a look at…

Are we headed for a green revolution in food and water?

DNA tests on almost 1,000 people have shown all non-Africans are related to a single population that migrated from Africa between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago. The research, published in the journal Nature, details how geneticists took DNA samples from people of different cultures in different parts…

IPBES is pleased to announce the start of the external review for the second order drafts of the chapters and the first order drafts of the summaries for policymakers of the IPBES regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services for Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe and Central Asia, as…