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    A woman with her grandchildren in a field at Shivpuri, Uttarakhand.

    Migration: Ties to ‘home’ are key for Himalayan communities that stay despite climate risks

    Having strong ties to home is the most frequently given reason why people continue to stay in Himalayan villages facing the impacts of climate change...Read More

    Food and farming| Aug 3. 2023.
    Broiler chickens in a hen house.

    Revealed: Thousands of chickens in transit died from heat stress on day UK hit 40C

    Almost 10,000 chickens died from heat stress en route to a slaughterhouse on the day UK temperatures hit 40C for the first time. Soaring tem...Read More

    Food and farming| Aug 2. 2023.
    Withered corn crops are seen at Vipava valley in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, on 16 August 2022.

    Guest post: Climate models underestimate food security risk from ‘compound’ extreme weather

    Climate change poses a risk to global food security. Weather and climate extremes, such as prolonged drought, heavy rainfall and heatwaves, can le...Read More

    Food and farming| Jul 5. 2023.
    Commodity Profile: Coffee Hero Montage

    Commodity Profile: Coffee

    In the second of a new series explaining how key commodities are affected by and contribute to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at coffee – from ...Read More

    Food and farming| May 11. 2023.
    Women from Myanmar sort the fish in the port of Ranong before transporting them to Bangkok or Malaysia.

    Climate change compounding inequalities faced by women in agriculture, FAO says

    Women working in agriculture “tend to do so under highly unfavourable conditions” – often in the face of “climate-induced weather shocks and ...Read More

    Food and farming| Apr 13. 2023.
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    Food waste makes up ‘half’ of global food system emissions

    Greenhouse gases resulting from rotted and otherwise wasted food accounts for around half of all global food system emissions, according to a new stu...Read More

    Food and farming| Mar 13. 2023.
    Applying nitrogen fertiliser to winter wheat.

    Fertiliser emissions could be cut to ‘one-fifth of current levels’ by 2050

    Fertiliser emissions could be reduced to approximately one-fifth of current levels by 2050 without the need for developing new technologies, a new st...Read More

    Food and farming| Feb 9. 2023.
    Elderly man hitting an olive tree during harvest season in Lebanon.

    Climate change could make parts of Lebanon ‘too hot’ for producing olive oil

    Olive trees in Lebanon – historically renowned for the high-quality olive oil they produce – are under threat from rising temperatures, new resea...Read More

    Food and farming| Jan 26. 2023.
    UN Biodiversity’s executive secretary Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and deputy secretary David Cooper, with Francis Ogwal and Basil Van Havre, WG2020 co-chairs.

    Interactive: Who wants what at the COP15 biodiversity summit

    Nearly 20,000 delegates from across the world will soon be arriving in Montreal for the second part of COP15, the much-delayed and much-anticipated U...Read More

    Nature| Dec 2. 2022.
    Chocolate chickens in a cage, Morocco.

    Guest post: Intensive, lower-carbon animal farming could raise pandemic risks

    Agriculture has a huge impact on the environment. Food production takes up more than one-third of Earth’s land, is responsible for one-third of hum...Read More

    Guest posts| Nov 30. 2022.
    Wymeswold Solar Farm, the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, is based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. Image ID: DGHCKE. Credit: Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo.

    Factcheck: Is solar power a ‘threat’ to UK farmland?

    The “threat” posed to UK farms by the expansion of solar power has emerged as a campaign issue for the final two candidates in the race to become...Read More

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