One of the major goals of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is the continuing minimization and, where feasible, ultimate elimination of unintentionally produced POPs. Parties are required to identify,characterize, quantify and prioritize sources of releases of unintentionally produced POPs, and develop strategies with concrete measures, timelines and goals to minimiz...

Plastic pollution is a critical threat to marine ecosystems, particularly in Indonesia, which generates around 7 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, with only 39% collected. Without intervention, ocean plastic leakage could rise by 30% by 2025 and double by 2040, leading to severe consequences.The Indonesian government aims to reduce marine plastic debris by 70% by 2025 and establish a circu...

The open burning of plastic wastes is a practice that is highly prevalent across the globe, toxic to human andenvironmental health, and a critical—but often overlooked—aspect of plastic pollution. Most of the countrieswhere such burning is widespread have laws and policies in place against it; open burning continues nevertheless. In this article, using data from ethnographic fieldwork in urban and...

To create greater and wider impact at a system-level, it is necessary to include a diverse group of people that representa wide range of perspectives and experiences; social, cultural, technical, governance etc. This will increase the likelihood of firsthand connection to issues discussed at the convening.This can be achieved by ensuring meaningful representation of the agricultural system, alongs...

This course focuses on the screening phase of the investment assessment process. It explains what screening and due diligence are and why they are such important policy instruments for governments seeking to attract, promote and regulate responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, and avoid investment that causes or contributes to harm. The course also provides practical information on...

Monitoring public spending devoted to food and agriculture is a critical policy analysis tool to better understand agricultural public expenditure and how it affects agricultural development, food security and economic growth.This course will equip you with the skills to carry out your public expenditure analysis, looking at total amounts and breakdown of spending. This will allow you to better mo...

This course focuses on SDG Indicator 5.a.2 which assesses women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control. The course describes the indicator, explains its rationale and provides countries with step-by-step guidance for conducting the assessment.Course content:Importance and rationale of Target 5.a of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development How SDG Indicator 5.a.2 can help monitoring Tar...

One important contributor to global CO2 emissions is agriculture, which today accounts for a third of global CO2 emissions and growing. Regenerative farming is one of a number of measures that could address the problem, but there are several barriers that prevent executing the practice at scale, such as fragmented ownership, diverse regulations and misaligned incentives.Transitioning to, and susta...

Finance for sustainable agrifood systems has increased, but remains woefully short of transition needs. This report analyzes climate finance to global agrifood systems in 2021/22, tracking flows across financial sources, climate uses, sectors, regions, and instruments. Flows have risen markedly compared to data from 2019/20 presented in CLIC’s first Landscape Climate Finance to Agrifood Systems (2...

This course has the objective to support countries and regions in planning the information needs for monitoring, pilotage and evaluation during the life of their Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture programmes. The course, also, offers practical guidance on building an M&E system which is feasible, practical and relevant to the programme’s needs.The target audience for this course inclu...