Resources

Research

State of Climate Action 2022

Climate march with people holding signs.
Insights

A 10-Step Plan for the World to Cut Food Loss and Waste in Half By 2030

  • Food
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Food Loss and Waste
Food loss can happen on the farm as well as in the kitchen. Photo: ImpaKPro/istockphoto.com
  • Food
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Food Loss and Waste
Insights

Will Anyone Eat a Plant-based Big Mac? Behavioral Science Says Yes

  • Food
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • agriculture
  • climate change
Amys vegan fast food burger
  • Food
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • agriculture
  • climate change
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7 Things to Know About the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
Madagascar deforestation
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • climate science
  • deforestation
  • restoration
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food Loss and Waste
Insights

10 Breakthrough Technologies Can Help Feed the World Without Destroying It

  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
food lab
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • food security
Insights

PODCAST: How to Market Sustainable Food

  • podcasts
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Food
Delicious pad thai—that's also vegetarian. Flickr/Joss D
  • podcasts
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Food
Insights

PODCAST: Creating a Sustainable Food Future

  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Food
Veggies in a market. Flickr/Robert Terrell
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Food
Insights

It’s All in a Name: How to Boost the Sales of Plant-Based Menu Items

  • Food
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
People dining at restaurant table. Photo by Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash
  • Food
  • Sustainable Development Goal 12
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
Insights

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
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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
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: Responding to Questions about Bioenergy

  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • Food
Insights

Biofuels Are Not a Green Alternative to Fossil Fuels

  • Energy
  • Food
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
As Earth becomes more crowded, fertile land and the plants it supports become ever more valuable for food, timber and carbon storage—things for which we don’t have an alternative source. Patrick Wall/CIMMYT/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • Food
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change

A New Tool for Low-Carbon Agriculture in Brazil

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, largely due to the impacts of agriculture. Photo credit: Organicos do PIVAS/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
Insights

7 Stories to Watch in 2014

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy
As host of the 2014 World Cup, all eyes will be on Brazil's cities to see how they deal with their sustainability challenges and opportunities. Photo credit: Crystal Davis, WRI
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • Air Quality
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • restoration
  • U.S. policy

6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
Research

Finding Balance