The Secretary-General of the United Nations called the report a code red for humanity.

The news went viral with opinions from experts of all stripes and colors weighing in on the report. A better-informed coverage of the report was published by The Guardian under “IPCC report’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell.”

The United Nation’s Food Systems Summit will took place earlier this month. The vision of the summit according to its introduction is that:

The need is urgent, and our ambition is high. The UN Food Systems Summit will launch bold new actions, solutions and strategies to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), each of which relies on healthier, more sustainable and more equitable food systems.

World Orangutan Day is celebrated on August 19 every year. The event was organized to acknowledge the conservation success of orangutans and to acknowledge the work of people that have worked tirelessly to make it happen.

The United Nations is urging intense restoration of nature to address climate and biodiversity crises. In launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the UN called on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of land.

The world needs “a major breakthrough” to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most vulnerable from increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts, the deputy UN chief told a crucial high-level meeting on Wednesday, looking ahead to November’s COP26.

Multiple certification schemes have existed to manage the sustainable production of Malaysian exports including timber, cocoa and rubber. The certification of palm oil under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil scheme (MSPO) is a late addition by comparison as Malaysia recognized a need to prove that its palm oil production was sustainably managed.