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The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Posted Jun 05, 2019 |  by IPBES

Biodiversity loss has many causes, including pollution and urbanisation which today accounts for a land area of three percent of the globe, but is expected to triple by 2030. This IPBES summary of its report provides evidence of accelerated species extinction over the coming decades of somewhere between 500,000 and one million species. It... Read More

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Is Inequality really on the rise?

Posted on Jun 05, 2019 | in category: Reducing poverty and improving equity | by Brookings Institution, Ana Revenga, Meagan Dooley

Over the last 25 years, total global inequality declined for the first time since the Industrial Revolution, driven by falling...  Read More

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Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism

Posted on Jun 05, 2019 | in category: Sharing core norms and values | by  Cambridge University Press, Pippa Norris, Ronal Inglehart,

Authoritarian populist parties have advanced in many countries, and entered government in Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland. Even small parties can still shift the policy...  Read More

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Grow Green China Inc. How China’s Epic Push for Cleaner Energy Creates Economic Opportunity for the West

Posted on Jun 05, 2019 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by  Brookings Institution, Jeffrey Ball

China’s clean-energy effort - also called Green China Inc.– comes in response to a global shift to greener growth. This shift defines a new era in energy and thus in geopolitics. In...  Read More

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Tipping to Rebellion: Action and Reaction on Climate Science

Posted on Jun 05, 2019 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by  Oxford Research Group, Paul Rogers, Richard Reeve

The world’s climate is changing because of the human-induced release of climate change gases and the destabilising effect this has on natural systems such as sea ice and permafrost,...  Read More

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Subject and Object: Europe and the Emerging Great-power Competition

Posted on Jun 05, 2019 | in category: Improving global governance | by  Elcano Royal Institute, Luis Simón

The geopolitical change underway raises questions on how the EU should position itself in Read More

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Putting Family Farmers at the Centre to achieve the SDGs

Posted on Jun 05, 2019 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by FAO

In developed and developing countries, family and farm represent a unity that co-evolves, fulfilling economic, environmental, social and cultural functions within territorial networks. The FAO...  Read More

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