"This figure shows worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2010. For consistency, emissions are expressed in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. These totals include emissions and sinks due to land-use change and forestry.

Mark Tran, The Guardian

UN special rapporteur on the right to food champions agroecology as sustainable alternative to existing framework

Suzanne Goldenberg in Half Moon Bay, California

UN's top environmental official says switch from coal to natural gas is delaying critical energy transition to renewables

Lynne Labanne

A quarter of the world’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, with ray species found to be at a higher risk than sharks.

Mark Tran

Almost twice as many obese people in poor countries than in rich ones as fat and sugar consumption rises, warns ODI

JUSTIN GILLIS

Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found.

Busani Bafana, Sep 08, 2013

Africa currently imports almost 40 billion dollars worth of food a year, but it should implement measures to attract private sector investment in agriculture in order to reduce its food import bill and increase its self-reliance, experts in the sector tell IPS.

Arthur Neslen Sep 18 2013

 An architect of the UN’s Millennium development Goals (MDGs) says he fears that a lack of strong leadership at the UN could lead to its poverty eradication goals being replaced by an over-politicised and unachievable “wish list” after 2015.

Reuters

The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, according to a United Nations report.

Olivier De Schutter

July 22 , 2012

Growing crops for food and fuel together can work but farmers and policymakers must prioritise hungry people and think local