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The Ukraine Crisis Threatens a Sustainable Food Future

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  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • agriculture
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
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  • Food Loss and Waste
Harvesting wheat in Ukraine
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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • Climate
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Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
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4 Sustainable Ocean Strategies that Yield Economic Benefits

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  • fisheries
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Restoring mangroves in Thailand
  • Economics
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Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

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

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  • agriculture
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Conventional sprinkler irrigation
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5 Ways to Put Food on a Water Diet

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  • agriculture
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African woman watering garden
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Making Food Production and Land Use More Sustainable Could Yield $2.3 Trillion in Economic Benefits

  • Food
  • Economics
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
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  • health
  • restoration
Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
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  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • deforestation
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Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

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  • stories to watch
  • Air Quality
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  • international climate policy
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  • water risk
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  • Ocean
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By the Numbers: The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • sustainable development goals
Recycled bread rolls
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
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6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Cities
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  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • stories to watch
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
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  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • UNFCCC
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Andrew Steer
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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
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  • climate change
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  • food security
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2

6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

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  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
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  • Cities
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  • Paris Agreement
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  • agriculture
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Andrew Steer
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“Revaluing” Ecosystems to Include Nature’s Value on Balance Sheets

  • Forests
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  • Economics
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  • Business
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While oceans support lucrative fisheries, these benefits are rarely accounted for in ledgers. Photo by Pedro Ramirez Jr./U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Biofuels Are Not a Green Alternative to Fossil Fuels

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  • 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.
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  • biofuels
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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
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  • biodiversity
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  • Climate
  • climate change
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So What Did We Learn in 2014?

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2014 shifted the needle toward a more sustainable future. Photo by David Drodge/The Pembina Institute
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  • Energy
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

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  • Climate
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During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
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5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

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UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
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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
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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