Cropped
A fortnightly global digest of news about nature, food, land-use and climate change.
Sent out every other Wednesday, Cropped is a digest of all the key developments from the intersection between food systems, land use, nature and climate change from the past fortnight.
Every day, our team trawls the media looking for the latest developments providing context behind the headlines. Cropped also highlights some extra reading we’ve spotted about food, land use and nature, plus includes all of Carbon Brief’s latest content on this topic.
Read previous editions of Cropped below.
Cropped 28 January 2026: Ocean biodiversity boost; Nature and national security; Mangrove defence
Cropped 14 January 2026: Wildfires scorch three continents; EU trade; Food and nature in 2026
Cropped 17 December 2025: ‘Deadly’ Asia floods; Boosting London’s water birds; UN headwinds
Cropped 3 December 2025: Extreme weather in Africa; COP30 roundup; Saudi minister interview
Cropped 19 November 2025: COP30 edition
Cropped 5 November 2025: Nature finance at COP30; Storms devastate crops; Brazilian deforestation decline
Cropped 22 October 2025: Global forest loss dips; Bird species in peril; Climate impact on Thai trees
Cropped 8 October 2025: US government shutdown; EU loses green space; Migratory species extinction threat
Cropped 24 September 2025: High Seas Treaty milestone; ‘Erratic’ water cycle; Family food at COP30
Cropped 10 September 2025: Flooded ‘food baskets’; Brazil eyes forest finance; Resilient rice