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27th February 2018

Näätämö River restoration project receives major new support, Finland

Unique climate change work bringing together traditional knowledge and science to restore the Näätämö River watershed in northern Finland has received significant new support from the Kone Foundation. Kone has provided… Read More

31st October 2017

COP 23: Gaia and allies in action at the 2017 climate conference

From November 6th – 17th, the world’s nations will gather in Bonn, Germany, for the 23rd UN climate conference (COP23) to try and increase the global ambition of action on… Read More

10th October 2017

Gaia joins nearly 100 Organisations Condemning UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans

Gaia has joined 96 NGOs condemning the UN’s aviation agency’s plans to use biofuels in planes, a move that will lead to the expansion of palm oil, deforestation and human… Read More

1st April 2014

UN Climate experts: Green Revolution leaves food systems vulnerable to climate change

The United Nations’ experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have stated that the so-called “green revolution” is leaving agriculture vulnerable to climate change, and that new approaches… Read More

15th October 2013

New Report says farming won’t adapt to climate change without seed diversity

The new report, “Seeds for Life: scaling up agrobiodiversity”, highlights how the dramatic loss of global seed diversity in recent decades means that farming systems around the world now and in… Read More

3rd December 2012

Crisis opportunism in agriculture: the cynical push for soil carbon markets instead of adaptation

Press Release from The Gaia Foundation & The African Biodiversity Network. Monday 3 December 2012 [Doha, Qatar] Rich countries are failing to take action or support developing countries to adapt… Read More

18th March 2011

Copenhagen burning Africa in Cancun

A key pressure point is the dynamic between the Copenhagen Accord agreed last year, and the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol (KP) is the only legally-binding international agreement for emissions… Read More