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Former UN secretary general calls for rich countries to honour promises made to the developing world after years of failure 
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If you’re running a business, I hope you’re thinking of the future. Not doing so will put you in the same tight spot our farmers face
Graham Watson's insight:
This Guardian article looks at another adverse effect of President Trump's aggressive trade policy on American interests. In this case, the article suggests that US farmers are faced with a situation where they are choosing to plough under their crops, in search of better prices next year.
Proof, if it were needed, that tariffs have a malign influence in all sorts of unexpected ways.
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Thousands of hectares of restored Mangroves are changing the lives of local fishing communities in Senegal by helping them adapt to the climate change.
Graham Watson's insight:
Reforestation of Senegal's mangroves have served to protect some coastal villages from the worst effects of climate change and also given a boost to the domestic fishing sector, with oyster and cockle farmers benefiting.
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Depressing comments from the former UN General Secretary, Ban-Ki moon, who is of the view that the developed world has continued to fail to match up to its climate change pledges to the developing world.
He argues that in not looking after smallholder farmers, we are potentially worsening the implications of climate change for some the world's most vulnerable people.