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28 May 2021 Speech
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Sustainability is about being on the right side of history

Speech prepared for delivery at Driving Change for the Planet – ChangeNOW Summit, convened by the INSEAD Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society Humanity is an astonishing species. We have made…

28 May 2021 Story
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Pakistan ramps up Protected Areas

From the Himalayas in the north to the deserts of Balochistan in the west, to the mangroves of  Sindh in the south, Pakistan’snatural diversity is spellbinding, but it is also under threat. In 2018, only 12 per…

25 May 2021 Story
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In Ecuador, an innovative financing tool secures water supplies

Ecuador houses two incredible ecosystems that support the country’s clean freshwater supply: cloud forests and alpine grasslands. These sponge-like ecosystems absorb moisture from glacial snowmelt and low-level fog…

19 May 2021 Video
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The Right to Land and Healthy Soils

Land is a cross-cutting issue that impacts directly on the enjoyment of a number of human rights. For many people, land is a source of livelihood, and is central to economic rights. Land is also often linked to…

19 May 2021 Story
Um homem planta uma árvore na zona rural do Quênia.
10 years to restore our planet. 10 actions that count.

World Environment Day, which falls on 5 June, marks the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global push to revive natural spaces lost to development. In the lead-up to the Decade’s launch,…

11 May 2021 Story
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Can forest restoration reduce the threat of megafires?

World Environment Day, which falls on 5 June, marks the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global push to revive natural spaces lost to development. In the lead-up to the Decade’s launch,…

13 Jan 2021 Story
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Good news for Africa’s Great Green Wall

At the recent One Planet Summit for Biodiversity, the Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) received $14 billion in additional funding pledges for the next ten years. This financial support…

04 Dec 2020 Story
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Soil pollution a risk to our health and food security

Each year, the world marks World Soil Day on 5 December to raise awareness about the growing challenges in soil management and soil biodiversity loss, and encourage governments, communities and individuals around…

19 Nov 2020 Story
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Countries commit to restore global land area the size of China

Countries have committed to restoring up to 1 billion hectares of land lost to development, an area roughly the size of China, according to a new study released ahead of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem…

21 Oct 2020 Story
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New strains of rice could address climate change

Rice is a staple for more than 3.5 billion people, including most of the world’s poor. But it can be a problematic crop to farm. It requires massive amounts of water and the paddies in which it grows emit methane,…

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