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Food & Agriculture
Nations off track to meet UN pesticide risk reduction targets, study finds
New research finds that most countries are trending in the wrong direction when it comes to meeting the UN’s 2030 global pesticide risk reduction target, with the goal unlikely to be met without substantial changes to agricultural systems worldwide.
Policy & Finance
Indigenous rights should be at the heart of climate commitments
Governments must transform their climate plans’ references to Indigenous Peoples from box-ticking to partnership, write four experts.
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