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1 CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2017. Healthy soils for productive and resilient agricultural landscapes. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 12p. (WLE Towards Sustainable Intensification: Insights and Solutions Brief 2) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.211]
Sustainability ; Intensification ; Agricultural production ; Agricultural landscape ; Land management ; Land degradation ; Soil fertility ; Soil organic matter ; Carbon sequestration ; Economic recovery ; Nutrients ; Recycling ; Vermicomposting ; Climate change ; Investment ; Incentives / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048213)
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Healthy soils are essential for productive and resilient agricultural systems. They are also increasingly recognized as a means to mitigate climate change risks. While solutions for restoring degraded soils and landscapes do exist, improved knowledge and tools are needed to enhance their impacts over time and at scale. WLE has assessed the impacts of various land restoration initiatives and developed a range of tools to better tailor and target investments and interventions to local contexts.
2 Obergassel, W.; Hermwille, L.; Oberthur, S. 2020. Harnessing international climate governance to drive a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Climate Policy, 10p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1835603]
Climate change ; International agreements ; Governance ; Sustainability ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; International organizations ; Standards ; UNFCCC ; Policies ; Economic recovery
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050030)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10.1080/14693062.2020.1835603?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050030.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050030.pdf
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The impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and the global response to it will co-determine the future of climate policy. The recovery packages responding to the impacts of the pandemic may either help to chart a new sustainable course, or they will further cement existing high-emission pathways and thwart the achievement of the Paris Agreement objectives. This article discusses how international climate governance may help align the recovery packages with the climate agenda. For this purpose, the article investigates five key governance functions through which international institutions may contribute: send guidance and signals, establish rules and standards, provide transparency and accountability, organize the provision of means of implementation, and promote collective learning. Reflecting on these functions, the article finds that the process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), together with other international institutions, could promote sustainable recovery in several ways.
3 Miller, M. A.; Astuti, R.; Hirsch, P.; Marschke, M.; Rigg, J.; Saksena-Taylor, P.; Suhardiman, Diana; Tan, Z. D.; Taylor, D. M.; Varkkey, H. 2022. Selective border permeability: governing complex environmental issues through and beyond COVID-19. Political Geography, 97:102646. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102646]
COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Border closures ; Permeability ; Environmental impact ; Environmental management ; Economic recovery ; Political aspects ; Livelihoods ; Health care ; Social inequalities ; Sustainability ; Non-governmental organizations ; ASEAN / South East Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051037)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629822000609/pdfft?md5=f16009d9a5ec7d101041dcb87bb5c81e&pid=1-s2.0-S0962629822000609-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051037.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051037.pdf
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COVID-19 has changed the permeability of borders in transboundary environmental governance regimes. While borders have always been selectively permeable, the pandemic has reconfigured the nature of cross-border flows of people, natural resources, finances and technologies. This has altered the availability of spaces for enacting sustainability initiatives within and between countries. In Southeast Asia, national governments and businesses seeking to expedite economic recovery from the pandemic-induced recession have selectively re-opened borders by accelerating production and revitalizing agro-export growth. Widening regional inequities have also contributed to increased cross-border flows of illicit commodities, such as trafficked wildlife. At the same time, border restrictions under the exigencies of controlling the pandemic have led to a rolling back and scaling down of transboundary environmental agreements, regulations and programs, with important implications for environmental democracy, socio-ecological justice and sustainability. Drawing on evidence from Southeast Asia, the article assesses the policy challenges and opportunities posed by the shifting permeability of borders for organising and operationalising environmental activities at different scales of transboundary governance.
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