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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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How Food Waste Costs Our Cities Millions

  • Cities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Urban Development
Seoul, South Korea is one of several cities experimenting with new waste management policies that will encourage people not to buy food they don’t need. Photo by Seoul Korea/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • Urban Development

WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
During "Raaghiri Days" in Indian cities, streets are closed to cars to encourage walking and biking. Photo by Carol Mitchell/Flickr
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
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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
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
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One-Quarter of World’s Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
New WRI analysis shows that 57 percent of the world's cotton is grown in water-stressed areas. Photo credit: Stephen Morton, Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • water risk
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5 Sobering Realities about Global Water Security

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Food
  • food security
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk