Food and farming
A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate i... Read More
A global shift towards “healthier” diets could cut non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, such as methane, from agriculture by 15% by 2050, according ... Read More
Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study. T... Read More
Hunger has, on average, fallen worldwide after hitting 15-year highs in 2021 and 2022. This is one of the key findings from the latest “State of... Read More
UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are just some of the foods that became markedly more expensive after extreme weather events ... Read More
Average global yields of six staple crops could fall by more than 11% under a moderate warming scenario by the end of the century – even when accou... Read More
Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study. ... Read More
Rapidly rising emissions from China’s agricultural machinery could “hinder” the country’s push to net-zero, according to new research. The... Read More
Climate change was responsible for just over one-third of the simultaneous soya bean crop failures across Argentina, Brazil and the US in 2012, accor... Read More
Large-scale banana plantations in Latin America and the Caribbean could face a “dramatic” reduction in “suitable” growing area by 2080 due to... Read More
More than half of global cropland areas could see a decline in the number of suitable crops under a warming scenario of 2C, new research finds. ... Read More
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