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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. The first-ever report of its kind presents mounting and worrying evidence that the biodiversity that underpins our food systems is disappearing – putting the future of our food, livelihoods, health and environment under severe threat.

A new World Bank report finds that investments of 4.5 percent of GDP will allow developing countries achieve their infrastructure-related Sustainable Development Goals and stay on track to limit climate change to up to 2°C. Beyond the Gap, also finds infrastructure investment compatible with full decarbonization need not cost more than more polluting alternatives.

The Government of Rwanda has released a landmark plan for sustainably cooling foods and life-saving medicines, and keeping homes and other indoor spaces comfortable in hot weather.

On 3–5 June 2020, the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), and the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) are holding the third Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC) in Dresden, Germany.

UNEP-WCMC has announced a multi-million pound project aiming to make trade a positive force for both marginalised people and nature conservation.

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), including micro-enterprises, are core engines of innovation, growth, job creation and social cohesion in high-income and emerging economies, as well as low-income developing countries.

G20 countries need to recognize and engage SMEs, and especially low-carbon technology SMEs, as key economic actors in the effort toward...

Bamboo, the fast-growing grass plant, could be an important tool for restoring degraded lands around the world, according to a statement made at a UN meeting on land restoration.

Has national ‘wealth’ been miscalculated for decades? The Green Economy Coalition, the GGKP, and partners held a series interactive panels discussions to explore the question “What is Wealth?” with thought leaders from government, academia, business, and civil society at the 2019 PAGE Ministerial conference, Inclusive and Sustainable Economies, and the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in consultation with the RE Cell, is calling for inputs on a ‘Reference Document towards Developing an Integrated Resource Efficiency Policy for India’.

The first-ever global assessment of environmental rule of law, released last week by UN Environment, finds weak enforcement to be a global trend that is exacerbating environmental threats, despite prolific growth in environmental laws and agencies worldwide over the last four decades.