A warming world, displacement, migrants, refugees. Not only do words have the power to change popular perceptions, but they also shape legal landscapes, influence policy measures, and determine the fates of the most vulnerable. A collection of voices, definitions, infographics, and numbers provides a snapshot of the complex and multifaced climate-migration nexus.
An escape valve for local tensions. An occasion to adapt to the changing climate. In a future with higher temperatures and rarer natural resources, migration arises as an opportunity for many people to find more hospitable places to live in. An opportunity not for everyone, as migrating is expensive, and especially the most vulnerable and poor might find themselves unable to move, blocked into a trap that climate change can, in turn, worsen by keeping worsening inequalities and poverty.
Countries are still coming together to discuss climate action notwithstanding delays to climate negotiations. Green recovery packages emerge as a top priority with policymakers signaling them as a key instrument with which to both kickstart the economy and avoid environmental breakdown. From the Land of the Rising Sun comes a wake-up call and a set of new initiatives to facilitate international dialogue and build momentum for climate action.
Two faces of the same world. Obesity, food loss and waste, land competition for non-food crops on the one hand. Hunger, struggle for food security, worries for a growing population to feed on the other hand. Many paradoxes are governing the current unsustainable food system, grounded in a type of agriculture that maximizes yields at any cost for human health and the environment. We dive into an open debate in the scientific community about how to ensure that the agriculture of the future is sustainable and good for the climate, analyzing the pros and cons of organic farming as a possible solution.
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