The role of healthy soils in climate protection and food security is a major focus of the COP21 international climate summit in Paris. More than half of the 158 submitted Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ascribe importance to the agricultural…
Land Degradation Endangers Livelihoods and Climate The land on our planet is rapidly degrading, causing a chain reaction of loss of livelihood, hunger, land-use change, higher greenhouse gas emissions, and human migration. A recent scientific study on global land degradation…
Inspired by the IASS Global Soil Week, the first Ethiopian Soil Week in Addis Ababa focussed on the issue of soil protection in Ethiopia and other parts of the world.
In September the United Nations Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which make up a global vision for a sustainable future. However, there are significant challenges that must be overcome before the SDGs can be implemented on a…
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: IASS and Partners Discuss Next Steps in Nairobi
H.E. Macharia Kamau speaks about the importance of getting a good start to the implementation of the 2015 development agenda and the role of cross-cutting role of natural resources, soil and land in the SDGs
Statement of the Co-Chairs – Conference on Bioenergy and Development, Berlin 2015.
Authors Matheus Zanella and Jessica Duncan comment on the change direction at the recent UN Committee on Food Security (CFS) meeting. Has the organization once at the vanguard of inclusiveness lost its ambition?
Soil and Land on 10 000 m² – the biggest outdoor info-graphic in Germany opens in Dresden’s oldest city square! Global Soil Week’s multimedia ONE HECTARE exhibition can be viewed in the German city of Dresden daily from 12-7pm…
Katleen De Flander, IASS Global Soil Forum Five days of intense action and discussions with a group of about 15 critical urban minds from all over the world – our first urban LAB took place from September 14-18, 2015 in…