![]() In Afghanistan, more than half the population of the import-dependent country faces food insecurity after its currency plummeted by nearly a quarter since the Taliban seized power, the Financial Times reported. These include Yemen, Lebanon and Libya, “where grain shortages or cost surges could not only deepen misery but churn up unpredictable social consequences”. War worries “have already…sent wheat futures to two-month highs”, it reported, noting that Ukraine counts “economically battered, war-torn or otherwise fragile states in the Middle East and Africa” among its biggest importers. The Washington Post warned that “a major Russian incursion” would affect the flow of supplies from Ukraine, the world’s “breadbasket” and the fourth-largest supplier of wheat and corn. Key developments Conflict fans food security fearsįOOD PRICES: Conflict is taking a toll on global food prices, which climbed to their highest levels since 2011, the New York Times reported. The second part of the UN’s COP15 Biodiversity Summit scheduled to occur in April/May this year in Kunming, China, might be further delayed, reports said at the time of publishing Cropped. In Ecuador, a court ruling gave Indigenous groups “a far stronger say” in extractive projects on their lands. The council has committed to conserving and protecting the forest. More than 200 hectares of old-growth redwood forest have been returned to an Indigenous council in California, funded by a utility company’s environmental mitigation programme. Meanwhile, an $80bn carbon-trading deal to protect Borneo’s rainforest came under scrutiny for its links to businesses named in the Panama Papers. ![]() Climate Home News found that a UK-based crypto firm was selling non-fungible tokens based on false claims of securing government tree-planting contracts. ![]() ![]() Sent to your inbox every other Wednesday.Ī new report found that firms such as Nestlé and Unilever rely on very low-integrity offsets to meet their climate pledges. A fortnightly digest of food, land and nature news and views. Sign up to Carbon Brief's free "Cropped" email newsletter. ![]()
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