People in search of better opportunities - such as jobs, services and education - have been moving from rural, to urban areas across the world, and this accelerating trend...
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climate change degradation of the environment
Demand for water, food, energy, land and minerals is rising substantially, making natural resources increasingly scarce and more expensive.
Overarching concerns
Will global agrifood systems sustainably nourish humanity in the future, while also meeting the non-food demand for agricultural products and the demand for required...
The Blue Economy generated nearly US$300 billion for the African continent in 2018, creating 49 million jobs in the process. These and other crucial benefits—most notably food...
Continued unabated, anthropogenic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions will further increase changing climate patterns.
Transforming agriculture in Asia
Evolving demand even as food insecurity persists
Rising incomes and urbanization are transforming food consumption. Daily energy consumption per...
Less ice means more global heating, a vicious cycle that also leaves the region open to new oil extraction
India’s transformation of its food system from a highly deficit one in mid 1960s to self-reliant and marginally surplus now is a story of success and holds lessons for many small...
Environmental security is increasingly dominating national and international agendas, shifting defense and geopolitical paradigms. Worldwide, the number of displacements associated with natural disasters is considerably higher than that of those...
Millions of people could be displaced due to extreme weather events, particularly in developing countries with low income. Of the estimated 971 million people -- over...