30/05/2021

Millets Prove Tasty Solution to Climate and Food Security Challenges

29 May 2021 (UN News)* — A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical to reducing over-reliance on more commonly grown crops, boosting diverse diets, and food security.
ICRISAT/Agathe Diama | Women carrying pearl millet harvest home in Mali
That’s especially true during periods of natural disaster when food becomes scarce, according to Dr Nancy Aburto, an agriculture expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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She spoke to UN News earlier this year, saying that following the UN General Assembly’s recent adoption of a resolution proclaiming 2023 as the International Year of Millets in March 2021, efforts are afoot to promote cultivation as a solution to climate and global food security challenges.

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30/05/2021

Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants and Migrants: Listen and They Will Speak

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High-level event co-hosted by FAO, Costa Rica, Spain and the Vatican

Photo: ©Fundacion Gaia Amazonas/Juan Gabriel Soler

Women at work in an Amazonian food system.

ROME (FAO)* — Indigenous peoples and afro-descendants’ knowledge, innovations and resilience capacities are essential for the transformation to a more sustainable and climate-friendly world and should be included in the policy-making processes, agreed the High-Level Seminar convened on 27 May 2021 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the governments of Costa Rica, Spain and the Vatican.

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29/05/2021

Conserving Tigers, Elephants and Bison, One LPG Stove at a Time*

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By Stella Paul*

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29/05/2021

Why South Asia Needs to Tackle a Surge in Nitrogen Pollution

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28 May 2021 (UNEP)* — Nitrogen is a double-edged sword. The element is a key component in fertilizers and helps fuel the growth of essential crops like wheat and maize. But too much nitrogen can pollute the air, decimate soils and create lifeless “dead zones” in the ocean.

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Reuters/Fayaz Aziz / 27 May 2021

To counter those threats, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is coordinating a global drive to manage nitrogen more sustainably.

Ahead of the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration on 5 June, UNEP is hosting a webinar to explore how nitrogen management can help revive natural spaces while combating hunger, improving human health and tackling climate change.

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29/05/2021

Chad: Men in Grip of Hunger Make Perilous Journeys for Work

By María Gallar Sánchez

World Food Programme aims to make staying in hometowns a better option than risking exploitation in the goldmines of the north
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‘Up north you’re an easy target for criminals,’ says Adam. Photo: WFP/María Gallar Sánchez

28 May 2021 (WFP)* — In the provinces of central Chad migrating is, by tradition, less a last resort than a way of life. For centuries, during the dry season, herdsmen have made for the wetlands and pastures around Lake Chad and in the south of the country.

When the rains came, they crossed into areas that now fall within the borders of neighbouring countries, to sell their cattle at higher prices.

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29/05/2021

Grave Concerns over ‘Dire’ and Deteriorating Situation in War-Torn Tigray Region 

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(UN News)* — UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on 28 May 2021 about serious and ongoing abuses carried out against displaced civilians who are also facing dire food insecurity in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after months of conflict.

© UNHCR/Ahmed Kwarte | More than 62,000 refugees have fled Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Sudan.

In an alert, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA,  said that it was aware of “gross violations”, including gender-based violence in the war-torn north.

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“The situation of women and adolescent girls in Tigray and border areas of Amhara and Afar remains dire”, said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem.

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28/05/2021

World Needs USD 8.1 Trillion Investment in Nature by 2050 to Tackle Triple Planetary Crisis

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Geneva (UNEP)* – A total investment in nature of USD 8.1 trillion is required between now and 2050 – while annual investment should reach USD 536 billion annually by 2050 – in order to successfully tackle the interlinked climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report released on 27 May 2021.
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The report finds that annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030 and increase four-fold by 2050 from the current investments into nature-based solutions of USD 133 billion (using 2020 as base year).

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28/05/2021

The Ongoing Loss of Natural Spaces, Including Forests, Has Become a ‘Systemic Risk’ for Global Economy

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27 May 2021 (UNEP)* — The ongoing loss of natural spaces, including forests, has become a systemic risk for the global economy, warns a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and several partners.
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Over the past decade, 26 per cent of global tree cover loss was caused by the production of just seven agricultural commodities – cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and wood fibre – said the State of Financing for Nature report.

Barring major changes, the toll on forests and other wild spaces will continue to mount, ultimately imperiling industries that rely on natural resources.

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28/05/2021

Up to 400,000 People – Including 280,000 Children – Face Displacement Because of DR Cong Volcano Threat

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GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 27 May 2021 (UNICEF)* – As the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) advise people living in part of the city of Goma to vacate their homes due to the risk of another volcanic eruption, UNICEF has warned that as many as 400,000 people – including 280,000 children – could be displaced and in need of protection or support.

Flowing lava from the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, which occurred late on 22 May, UNICEF has reported that more than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing as people fled the city of Goma.
UNICEF/UN0466151/AclandFlowing lava from the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, which occurred late on 22 May, UNICEF has reported that more than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing as people fled the city of Goma.
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28/05/2021

What Do Black Lives Matter and Palestine Solidarity Have in Common?

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By Sharmeen Ziauddin*

On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, it is hard not to draw comparisons between Black Lives Matter and growing international solidarity with the Palestinians.

Palestinian artist Ayman al-Hasari paints a mural of African-American George Floyd on a wall in Gaza City | ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved

25 May 2021 (openDemocracy)* — For the past two weeks, social media platforms have been awash with solidarity posts about the Palestinian struggle. As we mark the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, it is hard not to draw comparisons with the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and the impact it had on the growing international solidarity with the Palestinians.

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