These 7 climate stories illustrate partnership in action
Posted on: December 6, 2019
As governments, intergovernmental organizations, businesses, and civil society organizations gather in Madrid for the latest UN Climate Summit, we are reminded of the importance of partnerships to meaningfully address the challenges of a warming...
Earth system alert
Posted on: December 4, 2019
In response to growing public demand, policymakers and business leaders are increasingly uniting around shared commitments to reduce planet-warming greenhouse-gas emissions. But while phasing out fossil fuels is necessary, ensuring humanity's long-...
The next challenge for business: adapting to climate change
Posted on: November 12, 2019
The private sector must begin preparing for climate change and the ensuing disruption to operations and services with new approaches
The future success of the private sector may not only depend on how successfully it can mitigate, but also on...
The real costs of illegal logging, fishing, and wildlife trade: $1 trillion–$2 trillion per year
Posted on: October 30, 2019
[[tweetable]]Illegal logging, fishing and wildlife trade rob the world of precious natural resources – and ultimately of development benefits and livelihoods.[[/tweetable]] The statistics are grim: an elephant is poached for its tusks about every 30...
Innovative investments in nature: native honey from the Chaco forest of Argentina
Posted on: October 22, 2019
In the Argentine Chaco forest, the indigenous and creole peoples of Pampa del Indio work together to produce honey from the "melipona bees," which are native stingless bees (Tetragonisca fiebrigi and Scaptotrigona jujuyensis). In a recent blog, we...
How to feed the world and nurture the planet: ideas from GEF partners
Posted on: October 15, 2019
Transforming food systems and pursuing healthier diets are key to achieving food security and reducing environmental degradation
Achieving Zero Hunger is not only about feeding people, but also ensuring proper nutrition and nurturing the...
Producing sustainable food is every company's business
Posted on: September 27, 2019
Businesses of all kinds must be prepared to help re-imagine the world’s food system, which is not fit for purpose
Are you reading this with a cup of coffee, a piece of chocolate or maybe even a protein bar with nuts and puffed rice? There is a...
Can cities change the world through what they eat?
Posted on: September 24, 2019
Shifting to healthier and more sustainable diets will benefit people and the planet – and build prosperity
Three years ago, our city of Oslo was the first to introduce a “climate budget”. The city government budgets its emissions like it budgets its...
Sustainable development in Asia: seeing both the forests and the trees
Posted on: September 10, 2019
As the continent comes to dominate the global economy, it will do much to determine the fate of the global commons
As a young Asian business leader, it is fascinating to be part of an important transformation – the rise of Asia in the global economy...
We need a new approach to growing and consuming food
Posted on: August 23, 2019
Food wastage must be reduced, consumer preferences must change and farmers must be weaned on to ecologically sustainable practices
From consumers in London to drought-prone farmers in central India, nobody needs convincing that climate is changing...
