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    Food land use U.S. policy
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    Insights
    July 5, 2023

    Harvesting Wood Has Overlooked Carbon Costs

    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    A loading dock filled with timber on the coast in China.
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • land use
    • deforestation
    • Food
    Food
    Insights
    February 27, 2023

    The Ukraine War at One Year: Resilient Food Systems Can't Wait Any Longer

    • Food
    • food security
    • land use
    A man carries a cart in Bakhmut, Ukraine during the Russian invasion
    • Food
    • food security
    • land use
    Food
    Insights
    February 24, 2022

    5 Takeaways on Cropland Expansion and What It Means for People and the Planet

    • agriculture
    • land use
    • food security
    A farmer surveying a soybean crop in Colombia.
    • agriculture
    • land use
    • food security
    News
    September 15, 2021

    ADVISORY: Press Call on UN Food Systems Summit – Expectations and Ideal Outcomes

    • Food
    • land use
    • restoration
    • Ocean
    • Food
    • land use
    • restoration
    • Ocean
    Food
    Insights
    August 20, 2020

    6 Ways the US Can Curb Climate Change and Grow More Food

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    harvesting corn
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Food
    Insights
    May 8, 2020

    After COVID-19: How We Can Improve the Global Food System

    • coronavirus
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Produce section of grocery store
    • coronavirus
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Insights
    November 15, 2019

    PODCAST: Fixing Land Use, Fixing the World

    • Food
    • land use
    • podcasts
    HRH The Prince of Wales meets Chief Kwasi Katakyie Bumagama II of Ghana as Paul Polman looks on
    • Food
    • land use
    • podcasts
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 8, 2017

    Mere Steps from the Oval Office, a Growing Solution to Climate Change

    • Food
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • U.S. policy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    Children plant vegetables in the White House Kitchen Garden
    • Food
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • U.S. policy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    Food
    North America
    News
    January 26, 2017

    RELEASE: New Partnership Working to Reduce U.S.Food Waste by 50 Percent

    • Business
    • agriculture
    • U.S. policy
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • U.S. policy
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Finance
    Insights
    January 11, 2017

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Andrew Steer
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • stories to watch
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • food security
    • international climate policy
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Protein Scorecard

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    People Are Eating More Protein than They Need—Especially in Wealthy Regions

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Animal-based Foods are More Resource-Intensive than Plant-Based Foods

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    Shifting the Diets of High Consumers of Animal-Based Foods Could Significantly Reduce Per Person Agricultural Land Use and GHG Emissions

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

    The Shift Wheel: Changing Consumer Purchasing

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions

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