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    Insights
    April 20, 2016

    Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts

    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
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    • Water
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    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
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    • Water
    Food
    News
    April 20, 2016

    RELEASE: WRI offers new approach to help move billions to more sustainable diets

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • natural resources
    • Water
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • natural resources
    • Water
    Food
    Data
    April 20, 2016

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

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • 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
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • GHG emissions
    Food
    Insights
    April 20, 2016

    How I Tweaked My Diet to Cut its Environmental Footprint in Half

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • Food
    • food security
    Sunday dinner - fried chicken. green beans, tomatoes, and mashed potatoes with mochka gravy.
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • Food
    • food security
    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

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • Business
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • Business
    • Food
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    • food security
    Equity
    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
    October 2, 2015

    If Croplands Expand, Where Should They Go?

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Agricultural expansion can't come at the expense of ecosystems like forests, grasslands and wetlands. Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    News
    September 16, 2015

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

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Africa
    Insights
    July 28, 2015

    How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • poverty
    Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • poverty
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    July 2, 2015

    Why Africa Needs to Look to Its Cities to End Hunger

    • Cities
    • Food
    • food security
    • Urban Development
    A street market in St. Lucia, South Africa. With the continent rapidly urbanizing, it’s critical that city leaders address urban food loss and waste in order to ensure sustainable development and end food insecurity. Photo by Steve Slater/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • Food
    • food security
    • Urban Development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 21, 2015

    Regreening Africa Could Help Stem the Tide of Migration

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • food security
    A smallholder farmer plants maize. Photo by CIMMYT/Flickr
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    January 28, 2015

    Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

    • Energy
    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • 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
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
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    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    August 11, 2014

    A Farmer In Africa: Balancing Property Rights With National Needs

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    In Africa, farmers rely on their rights to community land, but governments don't always back them up with legislation. (photo credit: Gates Foundation/flickr)
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    Food
    Insights
    August 7, 2014

    The Difference One Tree Can Make

    • Forests
    • Equity
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    A babao tree in Zimbabwe. Planting hundreds or even millions of trees does not automatically translate into an increase in the overall long-term tree population. Photo Credit: Martin Heigan/Flickr
    • Forests
    • Equity
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    Food
    Insights
    July 22, 2014

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

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • 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
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security

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