Oct 29, 2024 | Climate Justice, October 2024
Greece, end of August 2024. The Greek summer of dreams is no longer quite so ‘cool’. Prolonged heat waves exceeding usual seasonal temperatures are now the ‘new normal’, causing discomfort even to locals accustomed to hot summer days [1]. At...
Oct 29, 2024 | Climate Science, October 2024
Desertification is a critical environmental issue that affects millions of people worldwide. It is crucial to address its impacts and developing sustainable solutions to ensure food security, protect biodiversity, and support livelihoods [1]. Causes of...
Oct 29, 2024 | October 2024, Urban Policies
Cities as GHG emitters Cities occupy around 3% of the land’s surface but are responsible for 70% of all carbon dioxide emissions [3]. The disproportionate contribution of urban areas to GHG emissions can partly be attributed to city planning and layout. Most...
Oct 29, 2024 | October 2024, Urban Policies
By 2050, cities – long celebrated as hubs of resilience and innovation – will be home to more than two-thirds of the world’s population. Precisely because they host a large concentration of people, services, and infrastructure, urban areas have...
Oct 29, 2024 | Food & Agriculture, October 2024
Large Scale Agriculture, often referred to as “Big Ag,” is a focal point of the climate crisis and at the nexus of soil, water, and atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gas emissions [1, 2]. Although this label is widely used, its meaning varies significantly...
Oct 29, 2024 | Biodiversity, October 2024
Other Effective Conservation Methods (OECMs), defined in 2018 by the CBD, are “geographically defined areas distinct from Protected Areas (PAs) managed in ways that yield positive, sustained, and long-term outcomes for biodiversity conservation including...
