The new IPPC report: Our time is running out
The IPCC Working Group II has released its new report on February 28. If global warming should increase the average temperature more than 1.5°C, it will be very difficult to have a development paradigm resilient enough to climate. It will be impossible in some regions of the Earth, should the global warming hit the plus 2°C.
Sub-Saharian Africa and sustainable agriculture
The smallholder farming was one of the highlights during the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum (Dec 6th) in Lima (Peru).
Farmers are the protagonists at the Climate Conference
“We have now entered a new era, in which climate change and is not seen only as an environmental problem. Keyconcepts such as development, human rights and sustainability are now included in the subject. We also hope that agriculture becomes part of this new vision”.
A look into the Agriculture world from the COY10
Within the COY10, many were the topics discussed by hundreds of young people which, representing their organizations or just individually, have decided to attend this event.
Is a more sustainable agriculture possible?
Agro-ecology is presented as an alternative method in the agricultural sector.
FAO: Agreement for a smart agriculture
Young people discussed about the contradictions of the United Nation’s initiative Smart Agriculture, that was the main theme on the workshop “Climate change and agriculture” held at the COY10,
the Conference of the Youth in preparation for the COP20.