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Unlocking the potential of youth: an economic imperative

13/11/2025 Kazuki Kitaoka and Lauren Michelle Phillips

Engaging youth in the workforce is a moral responsibility and economic opportunity that could grow the global economy by USD 1.5 trillion.

Students working in school gardens as part of a Junior Farmer Field School project in South Sudan. To translate potential into practice, young people need access to training, technology, finance, and to the institutions that shape their futures.

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A turning point for the world’s forests

23/10/2025 Zhimin Wu

Each year, we still lose around 10.9 million hectares of forests. But that’s not the full picture. FAO’s latest Global Forest Resources Assessment shows hope for the world’s forests.

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Why innovation sometimes fails us and how we can fix it

10/10/2025 Vincent Martin

The future will not be shaped by technology alone, but by how well we align innovation with the needs of people and the planet’s resources.

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We can’t meet our climate goals without financing agrifood systems

10/09/2025 Kaveh Zahedi

Agrifood systems have the potential to reduce one-third of the world’s emissions, yet they receive less than 8% of climate finance, threatening progress in global climate goals.

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Wildfires are inevitable, but they can be controlled

28/08/2025 Zhimin Wu

With the right measures in place, people can learn to curb and coexist with wildfires.

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What fuels the stove, fires the change: rethinking cooking for health, empowerment and climate

21/08/2025 Michela Morese

Despite clear benefits, clean cooking solutions receive limited support, leaving billions without a safe way to cook.

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