By Matheus Zanella For 99% of Brazilians – and world citizens, in general – the UN seems to be something distant, a world of serious-face people wearing suits and taking important decisions in air-conditioned rooms. So, I am…
Over 150 European civil society organisations representing environmental and social justice networks, organic farmers, pastoralists, peasants, sustainable forestry groups, health groups, animal welfare organisations, consumer rights bodies, development, fair-trade, cultural heritage and rural development organisations, consumer co-operatives, sustainable tourism and…
Sustainable Land Management (SLM) techniques can be expensive; not only financially expensive, but labor intensive, too. Most farmers around to the world face some sort of resource constraint and must prioritize well-known techniques to manage their land and ultimately, choose…
Are you interested in learning more about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Well, a new e-learning site from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has a bunch of online content to teach you all that you need to know! Here…
By Mario Catizzone The aim of the 4pour1000 initiative (4per1000 in English) is to increase carbon in the soil by 0.4%. This could help to halt the annual increase in Co2 in the atmosphere. More broadly, the initiative is to share…
What happens when you bring small-scale farmers, soil scientists, land rights and gender equality activists, academics, policy-makers and environmental stewards together in one space? Well, as the Global Soil Week has proven time and again, a beautiful exchange of knowledge…
The Global Soil Week team has been trickling in to Nairobi since Wednesday evening with all hands on deck for Monday’s kick-off of the first African Soil Seminar. After a long year of planning and preparations, the first regional Soil…
This is a documentation video of LAB2: ‘Different Urbanisations’ which served as an extension of the Critical Dialogues Series: the New Urban Agenda ‘on the ground’. This Series critically addresses topics of central importance to Habitat III from 1) an…
by Katleen De Flander January 16, 2015 The German Climate Action Goal for 2050 foresees an 80 to 95 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases compared to 1990. If we are to take this goal seriously, I believe there are…
by Katleen De Flander January 16, 2015 Some weeks ago, I had the chance to invite a small group of urban experts (from local governments, city networks, urban strategists, non-profit agencies and academia) to the IASS to discuss a working paper…