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The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report is a global assessment of the state of CDR and the gap in need of closing. They are intended to regularly inform researchers, policymakers and practitioners...

Biodiversity protection and climate change mitigation require understanding of the potential trade-offs from possible future cropland expansion. Here we apply an interdisciplinary coupled modelling approach...

Carbon sequestration on agricultural land, albeit long-time neglected, offers substantial mitigation potential. Here we project, using an economic land-use model, that these options...

These dataset and interactive dashboard are linked to the related study that presents a global integrated assessment of the range of potential economic impacts of climate change and stringent mitigation...

Low- and middle-income countries worldwide share the common challenge of achieving sustainable economic development while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This challenge is complex due...

Prions and certain endoparasites, bacteria, and viruses are internationally recognized as types of disease-causing biological agents that can be transmitted from contaminated feed to animals. Historically, foodborne...

WFP and partners have undertaken an analysis of climate risks in 9 countries and recommended programmes to address identified risks. Climate change is driving global hunger. WFP...

The world is facing a reckoning when it comes to energy supply. Despite decades of calls to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, countries have persisted on the widespread use...

This factsheet introduces the parametric microinsurance programme that provides a key tool to achieve resilience in food security and nutrition for the people that are most vulnerable to climate shocks in Guatemala...

Over the last decades, the natural disturbance is increasingly putting pressure on European forests. Shifts in disturbance regimes may compromise forest functioning and the continuous provisioning of ecosystem...