The European Union's huge subsidy programme for agriculture is failing to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from farming, despite 100 billion euros of such subsidies being labelled as climate spending since 2014, auditors said on Monday.

The reservoir created by Hoover Dam has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the extreme drought across the U.S. West. Droughts are a recurring natural hazard but made worse recently by an accumulation of extremely dry years for most of this century. Scientists say human-influenced climate change has exacerbated the situation.

Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO) mobilizes rural and indigenous women and advocates for climate action without gender discrimination in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The discussion of the priorities and needs of women living in informal settlements and tenements, highlighted by COVID-19. This blog explains why women are ideally placed to map vulnerability to climate change in their community and city.

On 6 July (3-4pm CEST), join the GGKP webinar, “Closing the Financing Gap: Investing in Natural Capital to Achieve the SDGs.”

We will hear from experts with deep inside knowledge on the implementing solutions to plugging the natural capital investment gap. A panel discussion will focus on the financing opportunities for enhancing ecosystem services that nature provides during this strained time of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers:
- Janez Potočnik, former European Commissioner for the Environment; Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel and Partner at SYSTEMIQ

- Elizabeth M. White, Principal Strategist-Sustainability, Sector Economics and Development Impact, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

- Simon Zadek, Chair of Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) and Director of Migrant Nation.

- Ivo Mulder, Head (a.i), Climate Finance Unit (UNEP CFU), Ecosystem Division, UN Environment Programme

- Anil Markandya, Ikerbasque Professor, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

Climate change is reducing the supply of water from melting snow to many of the largest rivers in Asia, threatening the water security of millions of people, a new study finds.

Financial aid ‘critical’ to help developing countries limit fossil fuels – and make COP26 a success, says UN. The head of climate change at the UN has warned that world leaders are still “far away” from securing a deal to limit the disastrous effects of global heating, with less than five months to go before a key summit in Glasgow.

An agreement by some or all of the Group of 20 countries on a flexible global carbon price floor would help limit global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius, the International Monetary Fund said in a new staff paper released Friday.

The impacts of climate change and extreme weather events are devastating food production around the world. And the issue is circular - the world’s food system is a key driver of our climate crisis, particularly with the expansion of large-scale industrial agriculture. About 80% of the extreme poor live in rural areas, with the majority of them working in agriculture. While these farmers working on less than two hectares of land often battle to grow enough to support themselves, they paradoxically produce about 30% of the world’s food.

How crucial do you think small-scale farmers' role in transforming food system?

Investors are obsessed with value — except when it comes to water

' The vast majority of companies — including those with immense water footprints in their operations and supply chains — have little or no sense of the very real risks of water scarcity, pollution, or flooding to their business interests. In the absence of clear ‘market signals’ — that is, a price that appropriately reflects these water risks — too many shareholders remain clueless.'