Tackling climate change and agriculture at COP21 – a look at the landscape approach

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by Dr Trevor Nicholls, CEO, CABI At COP21 last week, the world’s leaders agreed on a way forward to manage climate change. Limiting global warming to less than two percent was undoubtedly a landmark decision and, for the first time, there was unanimous recognition that humans impact the climate and that humans must do something about…
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Hazardous pesticides on the agenda as the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions hold joint meeting

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Contributed by Melanie Bateman, CABI Switzerland  Geneva– The three conventions that govern chemicals and hazardous waste safety at the global level are, for the first time, convening jointly in an historic back-to-back meeting of the parties in Geneva from 28 April to 10 May, 2013. The joint meeting aims to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between…
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