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...
Mar 29, 2023 | All Posts, COP27
Youth developments at COP27 COP27 was described as inclusive for young people following the introduction of the Children and Youth Pavilion. It has also been popularly referred to as the African COP with over 200 young Africans participating in the African youth...
Mar 9, 2023 | Biodiversity
Lacking the fanfare and media reach of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) that was held in Montreal just weeks later was a more lowkey affair. Created at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the...
Apr 1, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
Understanding land-use change Land-use itself is a relatively broad term referring to any form of human-assigned purpose or management practice [7]. The ‘use’ of the land is then categorized based on these purposes, such as cropland, livestock grazing or...
Nov 3, 2020 | Climate Justice
Modern-day agriculture is unsustainable, accounting for 25% of global greenhouse emissions and failing to adequately distribute food to meet the needs of the global population. Around 30% of food produced is wasted or lost, and over 800 million people worldwide are...
