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Applying the hard lessons of coronavirus to the biodiversity crisis
The pace and degree of transformative change can surprise us. Powerful interests want to maintain the status quo, but a crisis challenges these dynamics.
The risks of biodiversity loss for cities
Biodiversity loss, coupled with climate change, poses a profound, existential planetary emergency.
On World Environment Day, signs of hope
Finding new solutions that point towards a sustainable future.
Indigenous communities: Advocates in providing clean water for all
Indigenous peoples remain disproportionately affected by water insecurity and they suffer frequent violations to their water rights.
We are all Dukdukdiya: Humming bird with one drop of water at a time
There is a Quechan fable about a hummingbird named Dukdukdiya. During a fierce forest fire, while all other animals stood in stunned fear, Dukdukdiya alone took action by repeatedly carrying a single…
In defense of nature: women at the forefront
Women are particularly vulnerable to environmental-related violence; those who peacefully defend their rights should not be persecuted for doing so.
Accelerating finance for inclusive, nature-based enterprises
UNDP partners to bridge the gap between available private sector finance and investment-ready projects
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We are all “sailing the waves on our own” now
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples this year has a focus on migration and displacement. Indigenous peoples, who comprise less than 5 percent of the world’s population, have the…
Nature for Life
At the High-Level Political Forum, the formal proceedings are instructive, but it is in the side events and hallway conversations where observers can take the pulse of broader global trends.
Celebrating invisible, indivisible nature
On 5 June, we mark World Environment Day. We often observe such international days to shine a spotlight on that which might otherwise remain invisible, and this is the case with nature.
