Land remains the most fundamental asset for the majority of vulnerable populations living in developing countries, as their livelihoods are directly linked to...
Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures. The Special Report on Climate Change and Land, launched by the...
There is broad agreement that climate change represents a threat to sustainable development; consequently, development efforts must be resilient to the impacts...
Conflict and climate change have pushed 124 million people in 51 countries into acute food security, a situation when the inability to consume adequate food...
WATCH: 80% percent of the world’s coal and up to half of the world’s oil and gas need to stay in the ground. These reserves and all the infrastructure that’s...
"From Riches to Rags?" looks into the subject of stranded assets in the fossil fuel sector. Stranded assets are assets that lose value, or generate new...
Shortly after releasing a report on its climate change strategy in July 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations presents a new...
Climate change is amplifying the risk of extreme weather disasters by increasing the destructive power of storms and floods. At the same time, rising seas...
This paper seeks to assess the interdependencies among water scarcity, youth unemployment and migration. It also attempts to unravel the different roles of...
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a non-legally binding agreement designed to reduce existing levels of risk and prevent emerging risks...
"There is no peace without tackling food security and eliminating hunger and there will be no food without tackling climate change.” A couple of days ago, the...
WATCH: In this interview, Sue Lautze, Senior Advisor in the Emergency and Rehabilitation Division (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO)...
Changes in global weather patterns are now projected to have potentially devastating impacts on agriculture in the coming years and decades. The rising “double...
WATCH: In the interview, Lukas Rüttinger, Senior Project Manager at adelphi, explains why conflicts will increase with climate change kicking in and highlights...
In this 2016 report, the expert authors examine the link between gender and the environment in order to promote gender-sensitive policies and actions. Input to...
The growing number and impact of extreme weather events has led to increasing awareness in the extractives industries of the potential negative impacts of...
This Book is part of the Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management-series and examines the nexus between water, food and energy as basic resources which...