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‘Humans must live in harmony with Nature’ – biodiversity summit told

Make Bold Environmental Action Central Focus of Post Pandemic Economic Recovery, Speakers Urge as General Assembly Holds First Ever Global Biodiversity Summit The COVID‑19 pandemic is a wake‑up call to the world to halt an alarming decline in its rich biological diversity, but it is also a unique opportunity to put bold and ambitious environmental action at the heart of national post‑coronavirus economic recovery strategies as the international community strives to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals, speakers said today as...

Greta Thunberg still has hope

Thunberg has hope for climate, despite leaders’ inaction, according to the Star Tribune Preparing for her appearance before the U.N. General Assembly last fall, Greta Thunberg found herself constantly interrupted by world leaders, including U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had formed a queue to speak to her and take selfies. “Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, waits in line but doesn’t quite make it before it’s time for the event to start,” Thunberg...

Desertification day

2020 Desertification and Drought Day will focus on links between consumption and land. Desertification and Drought , will in 2020 focus on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation: humanity’s relentless production and consumption. As populations become larger, wealthier and more urban, there is far greater demand for land to provide food, animal feed and fibre for clothing. Meanwhile, the health and productivity of existing arable land is declining, worsened by climate change. To have...

UN International Tea Day

A cup of tea is a daily ritual in the lives of millions throughout the world – and millions depend on it for their livelihood. The first ever International Tea Day, backed by the United Nations, takes place today – 21 May. We take a look at the challenges facing the global tea industry, and how it can build back better after COVID-19 to support smallholder farmers and sustainability.   The UN states – Tea, one of the oldest estate cash crops,...