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    Food Commentary agriculture Food Loss and Waste forest monitoring Insights
    Food
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    To Make Good on Sustainable Food Commitments, Countries Must Do 4 Things

    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    A woman harvests sweet potatoes
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    Food
    Insights
    December 15, 2023

    6 Major Food Breakthroughs at COP28 — and What Comes Next

    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    Farmers harvesting rice in a large field in India.
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • International Climate Action
    • COP28
    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
    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
    Europe
    Insights
    April 1, 2022

    The Ukraine Crisis Threatens a Sustainable Food Future

    • Energy
    • Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • agriculture
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Harvesting wheat in Ukraine
    • Energy
    • Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    • agriculture
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Façons de Lutter contre les Pertes et le Gaspillage des Aliments en Afrique

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Ways to Tackle Food Loss and Waste in Africa

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    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
    Food
    Insights
    August 20, 2020

    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
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    May 19, 2020

    Which Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Locust Swarms?

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • mapping
    Food
    Insights
    May 12, 2020

    Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health, but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change

    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    no-till planter
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food
    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
    Food
    Insights
    April 1, 2020

    7 Tips to Make Your Food Last While You #StayAtHome

    • coronavirus
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Person chopping vegetables
    • coronavirus
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    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
    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
    Food
    Insights
    November 11, 2019

    There’s No Time, or Food, to Waste

    • Food Loss and Waste
    Woman pouring bowl of grain
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Insights
    October 23, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, September 2019: Ocean and Ice Warning; Lost Birds; Pancake Breakfast at Risk?

    • Food
    • this month in climate science
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    Small melting iceberg, Svalberg, Norway
    • Food
    • this month in climate science
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    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
    Europe
    Insights
    August 28, 2019

    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
    Europe
    Insights
    August 26, 2019

    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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