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IFC fosters climate action in South Asia
Posted on 08 Aug, 2022 01:04 PMIFC Fosters Climate Action with a Focus on Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in South Asia as New Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific Begins Work
![IFC works on accelerating the transition to low-carbon development in a wide range of sectors (Image: Kai Stachowiak)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-08/climate_1.jpg?itok=z8Lk573k)
Carbon removal using ‘blue carbon’ habitats “uncertain and unreliable”
Posted on 29 Jul, 2022 12:17 PMRestoring coastal vegetation – so called ‘blue carbon’ habitats – may not be the nature-based climate solution it is claimed to be, according to a new study.
![Mediterranean seagrass (Image: David Luquet, CNRS-Sorbonne University)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/Mediterranean%20seagrass_c%20David%20Luquet%20CNRS-Sorbonne%20Universit%C3%A9.jpg?itok=46Qw6aKT)
Transitioning from risk to resilience with SDG localisation
Posted on 25 Jul, 2022 11:52 PMFloods are a recurring phenomenon in Bangladesh and the adjoining state of Assam, India. The ongoing large-scale flooding here is not an exception. Floods often trigger landslides and large-scale river-bank erosion.
![ESCAP is supporting monitoring and implementation of climate and disaster-related Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Image: Fazlul Alam, Pixahive)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/Flood-in-Assam-180837-pixahive.jpg?itok=x01QXu8K)
Mapping carbon reserves to fight climate change
Posted on 20 Jul, 2022 06:29 PMEmissions of carbon to the atmosphere must remain below ∼250 petagrams (PgC) (918 PgCO2) from 2021 onward to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2 °C. At present rates, that amount of carbon will be emitted by 2045.
![Preserving existing forests and woody ecosystems among the actions needed to curb climate change (Image: European Wilderness Society)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/forest%20carbon.jpg?itok=a5V0FJCH)
Need to consider multiple values of nature in policy decisions
Posted on 18 Jul, 2022 09:24 PMThe way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a vital opportunity to address it, according to a four-year methodological assessment by 82 top scientists and experts from every region of the world.
![More than 50 methods and approaches exist to make visible the diverse values of nature (Image: Pixnio)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/pixnio.jpg?itok=AhV2O-k_)
India-Bangladesh floods change course of children’s lives as entire districts submerged
Posted on 23 Jun, 2022 05:55 PM![Millions affected after deadly floods affect the two countries (Image: Save the Children)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/flood1.jpg?itok=rS-I_sFO)
Planetary consequences of the mismanagement of land resources
Posted on 26 May, 2022 09:13 AMUnited Nations Convention to Combat Desertification's (UNCCD) evidence-based flagship Global Land Outlook 2 (GLO2) report states that “as food prices soar amid rapid climate and other planetary changes, “crisis footing” needed to conserve, restore and use land sustainably.” The report is the most comprehensive consolidation of information on the topic ever assembled.
![Every country can design and implement a tailored land restoration agenda to meet their development needs. (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-05/land.jpg?itok=MB5heNmv)
Towards food system transition
Posted on 16 Apr, 2022 06:50 PMMarking its fifth year of formal presence in the country The Nature Conservancy (TNC) India held a special event in New Delhi in which Suresh Prabhu, Former Union Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament, and Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, Niti Aayog were
![Foodscapes for people and nature (Image: TNC)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/tnc.jpg?itok=YKxERnM4)
Systems at breaking point
Posted on 13 Jan, 2022 10:14 PMThe past decade has seen the advent of several important global policy frameworks including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action, the New Urban Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action
![Sustainable agricultural practices lead to water saving, soil conservation, sustainable land management, conservation of natural resources, ecosystem and climate change benefits. (Image: Maheshwara, Pixahive)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Agriculture-pixahive-Maheshwara.jpg?itok=5XakZN96)