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Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?
Many welcome the EU’s new regulation for deforestation-free commodities, but concerns over the impact on small-scale farmers abound.
Policy & Finance
World needs global carbon price and tax reform for carbon-heavy trade – or will miss 2030 climate goals, warns WTO chief
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, told the World Economic Forum that decarbonising global trade and supply chains must occur in a way that does not disadvantage the Global South.
Food & Agriculture
Restoring nature could depend on how countries help farmers
Climate experts say agricultural subsidies are harming biodiversity as the issue gains traction ahead of the UN COP15 summit.
Policy & Finance
FAO calls for ‘blue transformation’ as seafood production swells
Fisheries and aquaculture production rose around 3 per cent since 2018, to an all-time high of 214 million metric tons in 2020, with a first-sale value of around $406 billion, an FAO report found.
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