We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around the world that was made more likely by human-caused climate change. Climate Matters is ...
Food choices shape far more than our health. They influence land use, water resources, and the amount of heat-trapping pollution released into the atmosphere. Because of this wide-reaching impact, ...
A groundbreaking study reveals a startling connection between the global obesity epidemic and the escalating climate crisis.
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The National Academies Climate Security Roundtable (CSRT) is sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and provides federal officials with a platform for direct, ...
Half of all the calories we consume come from just three crops, grown in only a handful of locations. What's more, food ...
UNEP’s Inger Andersen calls for urgent global action to curb food waste, cut methane emissions, and protect resources to secure a resilient zero‑waste future.
Food security is under threat. Extreme weather events sparked by climate change are resulting in droughts, flooding, severe high temperatures, dangerously low temperatures, and increasingly ...
In 2022, six days before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and destabilised energy and food supplies, my colleagues and I started building a network of researchers, practitioners and policymakers to ...
When people think about climate change, they usually picture cars, factories, and power plants. This video explains why food and agriculture are actually one of the biggest contributors to global ...
When we talk about climate change, the conversation almost always veers toward rising sea levels or extreme weather events.