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Ecosystems are vital for life and are a prominent aspect of the Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to protect and restore biodiversity.

UNFCCC COP29 will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November 2024. It takes place against a backdrop of toppling temperature records and unprecedented extreme weather events – heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts – that have wreaked havoc and devastation across the planet, with…

There is a close relationship between our health and that of animals, plants, and the environment. Forests have been proven to provide significant benefits to human health. One Health has been developed to acknowledge these interdependencies and promote an integrated approach that balances and…

African Solutions for Nature and People: Creating transformative responses to the biodiversity and climate crisis in Africa.

Land-use change and degradation have reduced the potential for natural carbon sequestration and adversely affected ecosystem resilience. Restoration can play a major role in enhancing the capacity of ecosystems to sequester carbon by removing degradation and assisting in the recovery of…

A significant proportion of carbon mitigation projects implemented through market mechanisms (e.g., trading and offset) have a focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, forestry, transport, and industry sectors. At the same time, new natural climate solutions including ecosystem-based carbon…

An Introduction to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

To give structure to the plethora of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ tools and methodologies that can be applied in urban ecosystems, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has developed the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Urban Toolbox, a catalogue of knowledge products on urban biodiversity.

The synthesis report of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6), released in March this year, has brought into sharp focus the irreversible losses and damages that are presently accruing from climate change, as well as the cascading and compounding…