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Opinion: Why Food Production Is Critical to Climate Change - Governments have largely overlooked a huge potential source of emissions savings: where we get our food

As the war in Ukraine heightens food insecurity, a new report argues that producing what we eat in a sustainable way will lessen dependence of imports while fighting climate change.

The co-author of a new report explains how most governments are overlooking a principal route to cutting emissions

As world leaders gathered for the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) last November, hopes were high for significant breakthroughs over a wide range of climate objectives. At a bare minimum, countries had to reaffirm their commitments through enhanced nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and other pledges to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting surface temperature increases to 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.

The world has long monitored global deforestation, but tracking ecosystem restoration is a more subtle, challenging process, needing metrics for long-term success, carbon storage, biodiversity and local economy benefits.

World Wildlife Fund - The leading organization in wildlife conservation and endangered species.

Plant-based analogue categories are trending, but manufacturers are far from taking a majority market share. From organoleptic profile to appearance and accessibility, FoodNavigator asks industry experts where the ‘big wins’ are in attracting more consumers to meat-free.

Billions of dollars of investments in tropical forests promised at the Glasgow U.N. climate conference should help underpin the rights of indigenous peoples, not just help companies cut greenhouse gas emissions, carbon market experts said on Wednesday.

As more companies seek to offset their emissions through forests, indigenous rights must be at the top of the agenda, campaigners say in Glasgow

Amazonian reforestation could be big business thanks to carbon-credit revenues.