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A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, finds that droughts currently drive around €9bn in annual economic losses across the EU and UK – mainly from damage to the …
Increasing droughts will drive ‘billions’ in economic losses in Europe Read More
Global businesses sourcing commodities such as cattle, soybeans or rubber stand to lose some $53 billion due to deforestation unless they take action. In a survey of more than 500 …
Deforestation: The $53bn threat to agri-businesses Read More
Only 10 countries in the world offer full legal protections to women, according to the “Women, Business and the Law 2021” report, published recently by the World Bank. Sri Lanka scores just 65.5 …
Gendered Land: Sri Lankan Women Battle Unequal Access to Resources Read More
Ocean carriers are making it more difficult and costly to ship American food exports. Industry groups want federal regulators to clamp down on “unreasonable, unjust practices.” U.S. exporters are struggling …
Pandemic “doom shopping” is clogging up shipping ports. That means a lot of food destined for export is getting stuck. Read More
The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was a singular natural disaster that has defined Nepal’s economic development in the latter half of the 2010s. Hit particularly hard by the earthquake was the …
Rainbow Trout Aquaculture in Nepal: Promise Amid Shocks Read More
“There are four things you should know,” says David Fuertes to the youths he mentors. “You should know your origins, because your ancestors have paved the way. You should know …
Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai‘i Read More
Five African countries: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Sudan, and Niger, are among the world’s top 10 nations to be the worst affected by climate change through disruptions to productivity in …
Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi are among the world’s worst hit by climate change Read More
From the publisher: By the middle of this century, we will have nine billion mouths to feed and nobody who wants to be a farmer. Projections suggest we might not …
The Future of Food Read More
How people grow food and the way we use the land is an important, though often overlooked, contributor to climate change. While most people recognise the role of burning fossil …
Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C – but we can act now to stop it Read More
The EU parliament came under fire recently for approving a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that critics say will “massacre nature”. But after the EU voted to sign nature’s “death sentence”, rainforest communities …
As the EU votes to ‘massacre nature’, rainforest communities find a trailblazing way to protect it Read More