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7 December 2017
International agencies and farm leaders have welcomed the decision to launch a work programme on climate and agriculture, which was endorsed by governments at the annual conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) three weeks ago in Bonn, Germany. Language in the preamble...
13 May 2016
Having worked for the last 12 years with biofuels, I can tell you that some convictions are difficult to overcome. This is exactly the case with biofuels : no matter how many papers are published or how much new scientific evidence comes to light, many people continue to think that all biofuels are...
18 September 2015
The world is entering a “new era,” declared UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the start of the month. The international community has spent the last five years working towards a new vision to set the course for future sustainable development progress, nominally for the next 15 years, but with...
18 September 2015
With the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda on the horizon and negotiations on a new climate regime, what’s changed for global economic governance in the last two decades, and what have we learned? This article maps the shifting context for trade, investment, and sustainable development...
18 September 2015
Development finance has significant implications for climate action. Where have these linkages been recognised by the international community and what more work is needed? Towards the end of July in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UN members clinched an agreement updating the rules on development finance,...
18 September 2015
Where might international cooperation and partnerships galvanise stronger action on climate change and economic development? What role for trade governance? This is a year of unprecedented opportunity. Landmark intergovernmental conferences – the UN financing for development talks in Addis Ababa,...
20 July 2015
The “Africa rising” cliché has generated a lot of views across the world. In the face of climate change, however, can Africa continue to grow? Africa’s steady GDP growth sustained for over the last 10 years has generated significant positive reviews. African GDP has grown at about six percent per...
13 April 2015
Can biotechnology help respond to and deal with climate change and other agricultural development issues? Climate implications for agriculture are clear, direct, and significant. Likewise agriculture has important implications for global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fossil fuel for farm inputs...
16 March 2015
How might climate change impact fisheries production and trade? This article offers a preliminary view of what is known and suggests areas for further research. The UN Zero Hunger Challenge aims at providing adequate food for all, making all food systems sustainable, increasing smallholder...
6 February 2015
Falling oil prices have left economists scrambling to understand the possible ramifications for future energy investment flows both in fossil fuels and clean energy sources. Moreover, how might this affect climate policies, particularly as governments gear up to hammer out a global climate deal at...
27 November 2014
As delegates from nearly 200 nations prepare to head to Lima, Peru for the latest round of UNFCCC talks, there are positive signs suggesting progress toward a 2015 global climate agreement. Word of a China-US deal in November came as a surprise to many in the climate community, as the two economic...
27 November 2014
How supportive are multilateral trade rules of climate change adaptation measures? The interface between climate adaptation and trade rules looks like a good topic for UNFCCC work on agriculture. A considerable amount of analytical work has been taking place on climate mitigation and adaptation...
3 November 2014
As the year begins to draw to a close, many in the international community already have their minds focused on the full agenda ahead, with two major international processes set to be concluded in 2015. UN members are due to hammer out a post-2015 development agenda, with a list of sustainable...
3 November 2014
What kind of new economic models will be needed to meet the combined imperatives of poverty reduction, sustainable development, while making the shift to a low carbon future? The world will soon embark on a new sustainable development path. Through the planned conclusion of several multilateral...
18 September 2014
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged UN members last Thursday to make a final push to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their 2015 target date, and to simultaneously work toward building a development roadmap for the years ahead. “The coming year will be full of hard work,...