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The city’s building codes need enforcing, and the groundwater extraction that destabilises buildings needs controlling, say experts.
Carbon & Climate
Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1 per cent in 2025, reaching a record 38.1 billion tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project.
Food & Agriculture
Q&A: The role of soil health in food security and tackling climate change
Feeding the 8.2 billion people who inhabit the planet depends on healthy soils.
Carbon & Climate
Climate change is disrupting global wind patterns, affecting planetary health: report
Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health.
Policy & Finance
Q&A: Making a case for Vanuatu’s survival in the highest court
Carbon & Climate
Are bricks environmentally friendly?
Food & Agriculture
How is Bangladesh preparing farmers for increasingly salty soil?
#soil Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Sumatra’s flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy
Forest loss and soil degredation resulted in Sumatra's natural ecosystem losing the ability to act as a natural sponge during Cyclone Senyar.
Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
Law and policy measures that prioritise sustainable agriculture are needed to address India’s environmental challenges.
Plastic-contaminated soils affect food security, water quality and ecosystems, making soil health a critical global issue.
Food & Agriculture
AI can transform global food security and climate action
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and AI expert Tshilidzi Marwala writes for Context ahead of the Bonn AI and Climate Expert Meeting.
Food & Agriculture
Fertilisers will not fix Africa's food crisis
#soil Podcasts
Food & Agriculture
Low-emissions cows: Can the dairy industry reach net zero?
Methane emissions, deforestation, water pollution, antibiotics overuse, animal welfare — the dairy industry faces a farmyard of sustainability issues. Eco-Business asked United States Dairy Export Council's Karen Scanlon how dairy farms can lighten their environmental impact.
