2020 will likely be one of three warmest years on record, according to the provisional . 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.
What if mangroves could float? If so, their narrow range in the space between land and sea could be widened to include vast stretches of the surface of the ocean, bringing big benefits.
A pivotal figure in an indigenous community in the Amazon rainforest region of Ecuador shares his unique insights and perspective, drawn from a lifetime of spiritual experience.
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and natural resources for jobs and livelihoods, but their future is increasingly under threat due to desertification and land degradation.