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Is There Such a Thing as “Better” Meat? It’s Complicated

  • Food
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
A farmer pours out feed for a large flock of chickens in a coop.
  • Food
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • deforestation
People walking on a boardwalk with trees and wind turbines in front of them.
  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP28
  • deforestation
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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
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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
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A man carries a cart in Bakhmut, Ukraine during the Russian invasion
  • Food
  • food security
  • land use
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Closing the Emissions Gap: A Climate Action Roadmap for Limiting Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
Wind turbines on coastline.
  • Climate
  • GHG emissions
  • net-zero emissions
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • Food
  • conservation
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • National Climate Action
  • climatewatch-pinned
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7 Opportunities to Reduce Emissions from Beef Production

  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
Cows grazing a field at sundown with windmills in the background.
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
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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
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Our Food Systems Need an Overhaul. Here’s How the UN Food Summit Can Help.

  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate Resilience
Four farmers harvesting and carrying boxes of strawberries in an open field.
  • food security
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • agriculture
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate Resilience
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6 Ways the US Can Curb Climate Change and Grow More Food

  • carbon removal
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
harvesting corn
  • carbon removal
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • Food
  • food security
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
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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
  • Food Loss and Waste
Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • Climate
  • Food Loss and Waste
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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
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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
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Without Changing Diets, Agriculture Alone Could Produce Enough Emissions to Surpass 1.5°C of Global Warming

  • climate science
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
Cattle
  • climate science
  • Climate-Friendly Diets
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
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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
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How Much Rainforest Is in That Chocolate Bar?

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
Photo by Everjean/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
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¿Cuánta selva tropical hay en esa barra de chocolate?

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
Foto por Everjean/Flickr.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • GHG emissions
  • Food
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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

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