New analysis led by Utrecht University & the Data-driven EnviroLab underscores the crucial role of subnational governments and private businesses in driving climate action.
Many have long marvelled at humans’ capacity for technological innovation. Especially now, amid cascading environmental crises, technology seems to take on a magical quality. We acknowledge the many great things technological innovation has achieved. But holding faith with technological innovation alone is not only high risk: it ignores the exploitation of people and planet on which it depends.
Swarnendu Banerjee explains the undervalued role of vegetation patterns in ecosystem tipping points and how this can help us fine-tune conservation interventions.
With research showing that the SDGs have had little political impact, the UN SDG Summit, researchers call for four major changes to how the SDGs are implemented and governed globally.