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    Food Business deforestation restoration Insights
    Food
    Insights
    February 13, 2024

    How Cacao Can Do So Much More Than Make Chocolate

    • circular economy
    • Food
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Farmers in Ghana prepare cacao for processing
    • circular economy
    • Food
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Climate
    Insights
    November 14, 2023

    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
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    April 16, 2023

    Investing in Local Communities and Entrepreneurs Offers New Hope for Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Local farmers help restore degraded landscapes in Africa
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    Food
    Insights
    February 10, 2021

    4 Urgent Actions Towards a More Sustainable Food System

    • coronavirus
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • restoration
    Women plant rice in Tamil Nadu, India.
    • coronavirus
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • restoration
    Business
    Insights
    August 6, 2020

    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
    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
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2020

    Collective Action at the Crossroads: What to Watch in 2020

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    renewable energy
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 5, 2019

    4 Ways Farmers Can Adapt to Climate Change and Generate Income

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Farmers working on an integrated system in a farm in Paraiba Valley, Sao Paulo. The system combines crops (a native species similar to potato and corn) with palm trees. Photo by Bruno Calixto/WRI Brasil
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Food
    Insights
    September 23, 2019

    Is the World on Track to Cut Food Loss and Waste in Half by 2030?

    • Food
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Too much food spoils or is thrown out rather than eaten.
    • Food
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

    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
    Forests
    Insights
    March 5, 2019

    The Data Revolution Hasn't Yet Hit Agriculture

    • data
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    Farmer harvests wheat in Mojo, Ethiopia. Photo by Peter Lowe/CIMMYT
    • data
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    Food
    Insights
    February 14, 2019

    How Restaurants Can Cut Food Waste on Valentine’s Day – and Every Day

    • Business
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Mexican restaurant
    • Business
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    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
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • health
    • restoration
    Harvesting oil palm in Indonesia.
    • Food
    • Economics
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • health
    • restoration
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 17, 2018

    How Cocoa Farming Can Preserve Forests and Peace in Colombia

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • low carbon development
    Cocoa farmer
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • low carbon development
    Business
    Insights
    May 24, 2018

    Barriers to a Circular Economy: 5 Reasons the World Wastes So Much Stuff (and Why It's Not Just the Consumer's Fault)

    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Plastic pollution piles up on a beach on Clipperton Atoll in the Pacific.
    • circular economy
    • waste
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    April 26, 2018

    To Fight Food Insecurity in Malawi, Just Add Trees

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    A farmer in central Malawi plants groundnuts.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration

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