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From food to tech, coronavirus to spur urban planning rethink
Unseasonal rain and hail damages crops in India
UK food banks face shortages as coronavirus causes panic buying
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Changing diets and climate change
News Package
Food and climate change
Biden administration unveils plan to combat worsening US wildfires
Germany will probably miss climate targets - environment minister
Trash for rice: Bali recycling scheme helps families in pandemic
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In 2021, countries blew hot on 1.5C goal, cold on climate action
EU to set up scheme to encourage CO2 removal from atmosphere
Tunisia's lagoon farmers cling on as sea level rises
Farming and trade fears stopped India signing some COP26 pledges
World needs $5 tln in annual climate finance by 2030 to act fast
Climate change to displace millions of East Africans by 2050
Democracies failing on climate change face 'existential' threat
Climate migration set to rise in India as extreme weather worsens
China says must consider food, energy security in emissions curbs
Costa Rica, Milan among winners of Prince William Earthshot prize
Climate change set to worsen resource degradation, conflict
Brazil aims to boost image at UN climate conference
In ageing Germany, the young get desperate over climate
India's rural work scheme plots green jobs to fight climate change
White House condemns use of whip-like cord against Haiti migrants
U.S., EU pursuing global deal to slash planet-warming methane
Waste to watts: India generates green energy from food leftovers
N.Korea's Kim calls for preventing natural disasters
Ending harmful subsidies could create millions of green jobs: WWF
Afghanistan on brink of 'humanitarian catastrophe': U.N.
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Cocoa giant in Brazil slave labour probe 'can't trace supplies'
Latin America to defend beef production at UN food summit
U.S. to restore protections for Alaska's Tongass forest
Thousands of flamingos die in drought in central Turkey
Migrants in Libyan camps forced to trade sex for clean water
EU strikes deal on huge farm subsidies, ending 3 years of talks
WFP says communities on verge of starvation in Madagascar
As some farmers hit climate limits, bolder steps needed to survive
Cheers and quiet reflection as U.S. crowds mark Juneteenth
Chanel invests $25 million in new climate adaptation fund
Restore land the size of China to hit climate and nature goals: UN
Climate change fans spread of crop-destroying pests
Brazil finalizing rule to pay farmers to preserve land
California farmers hit by drought change planting plans
Bolsonaro pledges to keep mining out of Yanomami reservation
US bans Chinese fishing fleet imports over alleged forced labor
Brazil on drought alert, faces worst dry spell in 91 years
A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors 'there is nothing'
Cyclone leaves eastern India, Bangladesh cut off by tidal surges
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About our Food coverage

We explore the challenges of ending hunger and malnutrition as food production adjusts to a warming world.

Opinion

Sven Harmeling CARE International

One year on, Mozambique storm survivors need global climate action

Without a strong international response to climate change, people's efforts to get back on their feet after disasters will not keep them safe in future
Dr. Nteranya Sanginga International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Africa’s locust outbreak exposes need for crop science

Behind every farmer dealing with a crop pest is a scientist who has supported them by developing better seeds, crop protection methods and apps to identify weeds
Enric Sala National Geographic

Restoring nature could be Europe's saviour

In Europe, almost a quarter of wild species are at risk of dying out and many ecosystems are too degraded to sustain their social and economic benefits
Agnes Kalibata Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Time to mend our relationship with food

Our food systems must change to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

In Depth

A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors 'there is nothing'
Wary US farmers weigh up joining Biden's climate fight
As disaster train gathers speed, efforts gear up to clear the track
India's women seaweed divers swim against the tide of climate change

Videos & Pictures

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Japanese mothers don lab coats to measure Fukushima radiation
Female farmers are Tanzania's latest TV celebrities
Shaking up farming in rural Nepal
Food Sustainability Media Award - London Launch
Battling weather extremes in Ethiopia
VIDEO: The refugees cooking up a storm in New York

Editor's Picks

Democracies that fail to act on climate change face 'existential' threat
Waste to watts: India generates green energy from food leftovers
Deep-sea gear helps Kenyan fishermen ride rough waves of climate change
Better local climate adaptation means 'we all benefit' in connected world