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    Food fisheries land use water risk Data Insights
    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
    Ocean
    Insights
    July 13, 2020

    4 Sustainable Ocean Strategies that Yield Economic Benefits

    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    • restoration
    Restoring mangroves in Thailand
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    • restoration
    Ocean
    Insights
    May 20, 2020

    8 Ways to Rebuild a Stronger Ocean Economy After COVID-19

    • coronavirus
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • food security
    • Ocean
    A fishing boat on a dock.
    • coronavirus
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • food security
    • Ocean
    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
    Freshwater
    Insights
    November 25, 2019

    Water Could Limit Our Ability to Feed the World. These 9 Graphics Explain Why

    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Conventional sprinkler irrigation
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    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
    Food
    Insights
    June 4, 2019

    5 Ways to Put Food on a Water Diet

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    African woman watering garden
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    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
    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
    Food
    Insights
    April 20, 2016

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

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    Sunday dinner - fried chicken. green beans, tomatoes, and mashed potatoes with mochka gravy.
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • land use
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    June 11, 2014

    High Water Stress Jeopardizes One-Third of World’s Corn Crop

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Water limits to corn production are likely to be exacerbated as climate change alters global precipitation patterns. Photo Credit: Jane/Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 18, 2014

    Making Economic Valuation Count for Coastal Ecosystems in the Caribbean

    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    People and economies across the Caribbean are dependent on coastal ecosystems—including coral reefs, mangroves, and beaches. These ecosystems provide critical habitat to commercial fisheries, attract tourists from around the world, and protect coastal communities and infrastructure. Photo Credit: Katina Rogers
    • Freshwater
    • coral reefs
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • fisheries
    • Food
    • Ocean
    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

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