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    Food Insights
    Food
    Insights
    September 23, 2015

    What’s Food Loss and Waste Got to Do with Sustainable Development? A Lot, Actually.

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food worth $750 billion is lost or wasted every year. Photo by Garry Knight/Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 6, 2015

    How Much Rainforest Is in That Chocolate Bar?

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • emissions
    • Food
    Photo by Everjean/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • emissions
    • Food
    Food
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 6, 2015

    ¿Cuánta selva tropical hay en esa barra de chocolate?

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • emissions
    • Food
    Foto por Everjean/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • GHG emissions
    • emissions
    • Food
    Africa
    Insights
    July 28, 2015

    How Ethiopia Went from Famine Crisis to Green Revolution

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • poverty
    Ethiopia is now greener than it has been in the last 145 years. Photo by Chris Reij/WRI
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • poverty
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    July 2, 2015

    Why Africa Needs to Look to Its Cities to End Hunger

    • Cities
    • Food
    • food security
    • Urban Development
    A street market in St. Lucia, South Africa. With the continent rapidly urbanizing, it’s critical that city leaders address urban food loss and waste in order to ensure sustainable development and end food insecurity. Photo by Steve Slater/Flickr.
    • Cities
    • Food
    • food security
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Insights
    May 19, 2015

    Getting It Right: A New Global Model to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Photo Credit: U.S. Mission to the United Nations at Rome
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Finance
    • climate policy
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • COP21
    Climate
    Insights
    January 29, 2015

    Biofuels Are Not a Green Alternative to Fossil Fuels

    • Energy
    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • 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.
    • Energy
    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Climate
    Insights
    January 28, 2015

    Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

    • Energy
    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    A new WRI working paper recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. Photo by Macomb Paynes.
    • Energy
    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    January 23, 2015

    Globalizing Sustainable Development

    • Equity
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Food
    • poverty
    • health
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Today’s challenges go beyond health, food, and education. Photo by Gates Foundation/Flickr
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Food
    • poverty
    • health
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity
    Insights
    December 31, 2014

    So What Did We Learn in 2014?

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    2014 shifted the needle toward a more sustainable future. Photo by David Drodge/The Pembina Institute
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    Equity
    Insights
    December 30, 2014

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2014

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • 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
    • Water
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    Climate
    Insights
    December 16, 2014

    More Rice, Less Methane

    • Food
    • Water
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Reducing flooding in rice paddies can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and can also help conserve water and boost yields. Photo by IRRI.
    • Food
    • Water
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    September 2, 2014

    5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 20, 2014

    Securing Rights for People and the Climate in Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Way back to Lukolela View on the way back to Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo by Ollivier Girard for CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Equity
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • GHG emissions
    • Climate
    • climate change
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    August 19, 2014

    Food Security and Climate Change in Africa: A Question of Political Will

    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    One-quarter of Africa’s projected food gap can be addressed by supporting a drive to achieve replacement level fertility by 2050. Better food security could be achieved by reducing food loss and waste. Photo Credit: Mark Jordahl/Flickr
    • Food
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • food security
    Equity
    Insights
    July 28, 2014

    Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

    • Food
    • agriculture
    • food security
    A laboratory technician at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Plant Breeding Unit in Seibersdorf, Austria, checks on a phial containing a young banana plant. Photo Credit: Dean Calma/IAEA/Flickr
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    July 28, 2014

    It's Time for a Global Landscape Restoration Revolution

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Insights
    July 22, 2014

    Closing the "Food Gap" Means Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    A great bulk of global plant breeding research has gone into the major cereals and oilseeds, such as corn, wheat, rice and soybeans. Yet there are many other crops that are particularly important to small farmers and the food insecure, in part because many of these crops can do relatively well in marginal environments. Photo Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Climate
    Insights
    June 25, 2014

    Wanted: Better Indicators of Agriculture's Environmental Impact

    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    How does the world feed more than 9 billion people in the year 2050 in a manner that not only advances economic development but also reduces agriculture’s impact on the environment? Photo Credit: UN/Flickr
    • Food
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    June 11, 2014

    High Water Stress Jeopardizes One-Third of World’s Corn Crop

    • Water
    • 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
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk

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