April 20, 2016 By: Khalida Bouzar, Director of the Division of Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Share URL The following text was published originally in the UN Chronicle, Implementing the 2030 Agenda: The Challenge of Conflict, April 2016. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have an intrinsic […]
Nexus Mainstreaming for Cooperation and Peace in the Mena Region
April 06, 2016 By: Dr. Holger Hoff Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Share URL The MENA region is on a non-sustainable trajectory. It is quickly running out of natural resources such as water and arable land, using its resources inefficiently (often associated with high consumption rates and fractions of waste, […]
Arab Civil Society Winning Battles in International Fora
March 24, 2016 By: Mariam Al Jaajaa, General Manager of The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature Share URL The Rome-based Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental body that reviews and follows up on food security and nutrition policies. As part of its reform process which took place in 2009, […]
Increasing Food Production … and then wasting it?!
March 10, 2016 By: Anne Saab, Assistant Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies- Geneva, Switzerland Share URL Water scarcity is one of the most limiting factors for agricultural production in the Arab region. Arab countries are already located in a very dry climate, and the increasingly evident impacts of climate change are […]
Promoting resilience in MENA’s food systems: an agenda for COP22
February 13, 2016 By: Guy Jobbins (Research Fellow, ODI), Giles Henley (Research Fellow, ODI), and Oscar Ekdahl (Regional Programme Officer, WFP). Share URL This November, COP22 will be held in Marrakech. Yes, we realise it seems like COP21 only just finished – yet holding COP in Morocco is a great opportunity for discussing climate issues in […]
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