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    biodiversity Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    April 29, 2016

    Tesco and Others Lend a Helping Hand to Fight Food Waste

    • Food Loss and Waste
    The weiner aisle at Tesco.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    April 26, 2016

    How a Shrub in Africa Made Me Want to Change the Food Industry

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Daniel Vennard (left) poses with clippings from the shrub he discovered.
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    April 8, 2016

    3 Steps for Tackling Food Loss and Waste

    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    Wasted vegetables and fruits of a hypermarket from one or two days.
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    Food
    Insights
    January 21, 2016

    Champions Call to Reduce Global Food Loss and Waste

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Food waste
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Food
    News
    January 21, 2016

    RELEASE: New Champions 12.3 Coalition to Inspire Action to Reduce Food Loss & Waste

    • Business
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Business
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Food
    Insights
    September 23, 2015

    What’s Food Loss and Waste Got to Do with Sustainable Development? A Lot, Actually.

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food worth $750 billion is lost or wasted every year. Photo by Garry Knight/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food
    News
    September 16, 2015

    STATEMENT: WRI Says Reducing Food Waste Will Help Food Security, Natural Resources, and the Economy

    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    May 13, 2015

    Extending Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium Is a Win for Business

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • biodiversity
    • Business
    • Forests
    Forests
    North America Africa Latin America
    Insights
    May 6, 2015

    Forests Housing Rare and Endangered Species Lost 1.2 Million Hectares of Trees Since 2001

    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    Whooping crane chick. Photo by International Crane Foundation/Wikimedia Commons
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    Food
    Insights
    April 16, 2015

    How Food Waste Costs Our Cities Millions

    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Seoul, South Korea is one of several cities experimenting with new waste management policies that will encourage people not to buy food they don’t need. Photo by Seoul Korea/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • GHG emissions
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    January 28, 2015

    Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

    • Energy
    • Food
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    A new WRI working paper recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. Photo by Macomb Paynes.
    • Energy
    • Food
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    October 16, 2014

    Reducing Food Loss and Waste: An Overlooked Strategy for Creating a Sustainable Food System

    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    About 24 percent of all the calories produced for human consumption don’t actually end up reaching human mouths. Photo credit: Petrr, Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    July 28, 2014

    It's Time for a Global Landscape Restoration Revolution

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    July 22, 2014

    Closing the "Food Gap" Means Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    A great bulk of global plant breeding research has gone into the major cereals and oilseeds, such as corn, wheat, rice and soybeans. Yet there are many other crops that are particularly important to small farmers and the food insecure, in part because many of these crops can do relatively well in marginal environments. Photo Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    November 26, 2013

    3 Things To Think About Before Buying Your Thanksgiving Turkey

    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Nearly one-quarter of all food (measured by calorie) produced for people globally is lost due to spoilage or waste. Photo credit: pulaw, Flickr
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    October 22, 2013

    New Protocol Will Take a Bite Out of Global Food Loss and Waste

    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    According to WRI research, one out of four food calories produced ultimately not consumed. Photo credit: Koshy Koshy, Flickr
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security

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