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Closing the "Food Gap" Means Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding
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The world is on a path to need almost 70 percent more crops in 2050 than those it produced in 2006. To close that crop gap without large price increases or clearing more valuable forests and savannas, yields are going to have to grow 33 percent more in the next 44 years than they did in the last 44.
So how can the world sustainably secure more food? Use advances in molecular biology to renew the commitment to breeding better crops.
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Governments, civil society, and donors are working to strengthen community forest rights in many countries.
A new report by WRI and the Rights and Resources Initiative, to be released on July 24th, shows governments can meet their climate change mitigation targets by protecting community forest rights.
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As the world continues to warm, many academics question whether the international goal to limit global temperature rise to 2°C is still realistic. New analysis shows that achieving this goal is not only possible, it’s economically advantageous.
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Strengthening Community Forest Rights, Combating Climate Change
July 24
NPR Headquarters
Washington, DC
8:30am-11:30am EDTLearn how strengthening rights of indigenous communities can be a powerful tool for climate action and forest protection.
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