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Forty Percent of World Population Threatened by Ongoing Land Degradation

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

More than 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface had suffered severely as a result of human land degradation as of 2014, IPBES highlights. Experts estimate that less than one-tenth of the Earth’s land surface will have escaped substantial impacts of human activity come 2050.

Information is Power: Böll Foundation Releases Inaugural World Ocean Atlas

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Highlighting the threats and costs climate change and human activites are having on the world ocean, the Heinrich Böll Foundation released its inaugural “Ocean Atlas 2017.”

Obama Administration Issues First National Climate Adaptation Strategy

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Two years in the making, he National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is a call to action. Co-led by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, NOAA, and the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, some 90 researchers from federal, state, and tribal conservation agencies, as well as the American public, took part in crafting the plan.

The Natural Capital Declaration was launched at the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Summit this week.

Natural Capital Declaration Launched at Rio+20 Earth Summit

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 2 Comments

Factoring natural capital into the bottom line is about bringing the real wealth of the planet from the invisible into the visible spectrum in order to tip the balance from degradation towards sustainable management for communities, businesses, and countries. -Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Director A group representing thirty-nine banks, insurers, and investors have joined with the governments…

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World Bank Launches “Clean, Green, Resilient” Sustainable Development Strategy

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Promoting and fostering adoption of appropriate clean energy technology to reduce environmental degradation while at the same time reducing poverty is the focal point of the World Bank’s new sustainable development and environmental strategy.

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