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Climate action

Covid-19 and the climate crisis are linked

Handled in a good way, crises can help to improve humankind’s resilience

SDGs

No reason to sit back and relax

Pakistan has met SDG 13 on climate action but must continue its efforts

Infrastructure projects

Paying the price for development

When people are displaced to make room for large-scale development projects, the trauma and impoverishment are real and long-lasting

Fire hazards

Up in flames

Zambian poor are increasingly subject to fire hazards from charcoal and firewood they use for heating and cooking

Indoor air pollution

Clearing the air

Indoor air pollution from cooking with biomass continues to increase the vulnerability of India’s poor to respiratory diseases and Covid-19

REDD+

No panacea

REDD+ money is reinvested in forest protection and sustainable land use

Our view

Human action

Deforestation continues on a global level although it is damaging to human interests in several ways

Farms

Irrigation helps to cope with climate change

Irrigation is helping many of Zambia’s rain-dependent small-hold farmers to survive

Deforestation

A legacy of destruction

Suharto era was devastating for Indonesian forests

Preserving forests

Cutting the losses

Deforestation in Indonesia has slowed considerably in recent years but more needs to be done to stop it entirely

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