2020 will likely be one of three warmest years on record, according to the provisional 2020 WMO State of the Global Climate report. Ocean heat is at record levels. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, as well as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, have affected millions of people. Even with pandemic lockdowns slowing economic activity, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continued to rise.
For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn the country into one of the world’s leading rice exporters.
A new Kenyan initiative, the Soil Mapping for Resilient Agrifood systems (SoilFER) programme, is helping farmers better understand their soils in a bid to improve crop yields amid intensifying climate shocks.
By generating credible evidence of women's contributions and the benefits they create, the W+ Standard helps make visible the vital role rural and Indigenous women play as drivers of climate and forest solutions.