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This paper presents a novel framework for assessing resilience in food systems, focusing on three dynamic metrics: return time, magnitude of deviation, and recovery rate. Traditional resilience...

Food security projections encompass a range of metrics essential for policy planning. While caloric intake remains a critical indicator of food security, hunger and malnutrition metrics...

The Policy Inventory for Mitigation Actions in Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Sectors (PIMA-AFOLU) contains over 1 300 AFOLU policies which directly or indirectly...

Updated indicators demonstrate best practice for positive impacts on biodiversity.

To accelerate the transition towards inclusive, ecological, just and economically viable food systems, insights into appropriate governance models and principles are needed. This article aims to understand...

In the EU, around 59 million tonnes of food waste are generated annually with associated costs estimated at 132 billion euros ( Eurostat, 2024). Wasting...

Key messages: 1. Land is central to people and nature. Land is central to the processes, functions and services supporting environmental and human wellbeing. Recognising this is essential for maintaining environmental...

From 20-21 May 2025, the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) will be hosting the second General Assembly of the CLMS. The event builds on the one held in 2024...

Key Messages: Droughts emerge from a combination of natural climate variability, anthropogenic climate change, and human mismanagement of water and land resources. It is not just the absence...

The two landmark studies were launched in Windhoek, Namibia during the 11th Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Plenary, with key contributions from the EU.