Environment

Africa’s Key Development Partners Formalize Their Commitment to Work Jointly to Help Address Food and Nutrition Security in Times of Climate Change

In partnership with the African Union, leaders of four multilateral agencies – The African Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World...

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World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

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Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to plant...

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Massachusetts Real Estate Developer Settles Alleged Clean Water Act Violations at Construction Sites in Two Communities

A Massachusetts developer agreed this month to resolve allegations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the company failed to follow the terms of its permits for discharging stormwater from three construction sites. EPA alleged that...

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Climate crisis: IPCC to expose grim reality of deforestation and meat production

The state of the climate crisis on land and the urgent need to protect forests and shift our global food system to sustainability is expected to be laid bare in an upcoming authoritative UN report on Climate Change and Land.

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