In the quest to combat climate change, we often overlook some of the most powerful natural allies available: peatlands. These unique ecosystems, found across nearly every country world-wide, have been under the spotlight at the “GLF Peatlands 2024: The Climate Solution We Forgot” conference in Bonn, Germany which was held in June 2024. With over 1,000 experts, practitioners, community members, scientists, and policy-makers in attendance, both in-person and online, the urgent need to protect and restore peatlands globally has never been clearer.

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Abrupt shifts within complex systems such as the Earth’s climate system are extremely hard to predict. Scientists of two German research insitutes have now succeeded in developing a new method to anticipate such tipping…

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Camelids are vital to indigenous communities in over 90 countries. Their value and potential have been underestimated and lack adequate support and investment. The Andes Resilientes al Cambio Climático project,…

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Livestock production is more than just producing meat, milk and eggs. It provides many crucial services world-wide, particularly for small-scale and women farmers in the Global South. But these important services are…

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This report highlights key constraints that need to be addressed to enable young women to significantly increase their productivity and contribution to Africa’s economic growth by 2030.

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