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The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) begins today, taking place from November 24...

COP30 had all the elements: There was fire, there was water, there was earth, and … there was some (hot) air, too.

Despite being billed as ‘the COP of truth’, COP30 has ended without recognising industrial food systems as a major source of climate pollution.

Sustainable and resilient agrifood systems are essential for achieving the Paris Agreement targets on climate change while ensuring food security and nutrition for present and future generations.

Europe’s cities now have a powerful new resource to accelerate the design, implementation, and monitoring of Urban Nature Plans and urban greening strategies. The newly published Handbook...

I’m back in my old hood - Southeast Asia - this week.

Each October, the global community focuses on the challenges facing rapidly growing cities and towns, starting with World Habitat Day early in the month and ending with World Cities...

Soils hold far more carbon than once thought, making their protection central to climate action.

As part of the community-led actions of the JRC's Community of Practice on Evidence-informed Policymaking, one action selected to be taken forward was to better understand the role of agencies implementing...

Each year, world leaders of varying political stripes stress that progress at COP is essential for curbing the worst effects of climate change. This is undeniably true.