Joining a high-yield pepper plant sapling to the roots of a strong and resistant variety could help pepper farmers cope with lower rainfall, a study has found. Peppers grown in many developing countries Grafter plants yield 40 per cent more, tests show Helps increase resilience against drought An…

This paper identifies and compares the land impact of all terrestrial energy forms. It also focuses on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use and supply of energy, as well as the maintenance and enhancement of terrestrial carbon sinks that are essential to mitigating climate…

GEFwould like to announce that after nine years, Climate-Eval is evolving to better incorporate a broader environmental scope which reflects the complexities in the changing environment. As the scope of Climate-Eval is expanding, GEF is changing its name to capture this broader subject. They would…

Findings will lead to better agriculture choices and water management decisions

As the consequences of climate change accumulate, many experts expect to see migration away from the world’s most impacted regions as people seek a climate and an economy that better sustains human life. This will add to migratory movements caused by other more traditional reasons: civil wars…

Making Europe’s production, consumption and trade in food environmentally sustainable is possible, but it will require a major shift in public attitudes, policies and knowledge and seizing current opportunities for change, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today.

Worlds 1st comprehensive evidence-based assessment report on land degradation will be launched in March 2018 ▪ Best-available evidence for decision makers to make informed decisions to halt & reverse land degradation ▪ Prepared by more than 100 leading international experts from 45 countries over 3…

Better stewardship of land is needed to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement goal of holding warming to below 2 °C; however, confusion persists about the specific set of land stewardship options available and their mitigation potential. To address this, we identify and quantify “natural climate…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that around 1 billion people in dry regions may face increasing water scarcity in the near future. To address this challenge, plant scientists have developed biotech crops with drought-tolerant and water use efficiency traits…

Repeated droughts around the world have shockingly large and often hidden consequences, destroying enough farm produce to feed 81 million people every day for a year, damaging forests, and threating to trap generations of children in poverty, according to a new report from the World Bank Group.

Identifying critical sustainability topics and areas of action in the supply chain represents a first important milestone for companies in sustainable supply chain management. The focus is important to be able to use the limited human and financial resources as effectively and efficiently as…

Bank calls for water to be treated as valuable resource as study into impact details lack of water’s devastating lifelong scars on children. The food produce destroyed by droughts would be enough to feed a country with a population the size of Germany’s every day for a year, the World Bank has…