The World Bank and IMF have a big part to play in raising the $3 trillion needed to help countries meet global development goals and the Paris accord
Indebted farmers, facing falling yields and water scarcity, want legally guaranteed price support for more crops – but that may not fix their climate woes
The farming and fossil fuel industries must help governments cut methane emissions 30% this decade by harnessing existing technologies and changing practices
After the UK cut short a £52m climate adaptation scheme in Malawi, vulnerable communities saw their livelihoods destroyed by Cyclone Freddy
Nineteen countries signed up to an India-led alliance this month to boost production of biofuels, but experts raise sustainability concerns
Bolivia wants to chop down trees to grow soy, beef and palm oil while Venezuela is unwilling or unable to restrain illegal gold mining
Public money should stop flowing towards the expansion of animal agriculture, which is responsible for a fifth of the world’s emissions
Campaigners say the $32m loan to dairy firm Alvoar Lacteos could damage forests in Brazil
Shell’s rice farming offset projects are under review. Climate Home found them riddled with accounting loopholes and questionable integrity claims.
Nestlé, Coca Cola and Pepsi are among the buyers from Nanglamal Sugar Complex, which smallholders say gives no help with climate resilience
Women and girls in India’s sugar fields are exposed to sexual harassment, backbreaking work and inadequate healthcare
Millions of people migrate each year to work in India’s sugar fields under extreme heat, harsh conditions and debt bondage
In India more intense droughts and floods are destroying sugarcane crops and plunging millions of farmers and their families into debt
A handful of large companies make big profits by controlling the food trade in Africa, while doing nothing to increase its climate resilience
Sofanit Mesfin talks about her work helping female farmers in different African countries adapt to a changing climate
Fertiliser prices have risen by 300% since Russia invaded Ukraine, beyond the reach of smallholders, yet philanthropists see them as key to increasing yields
The Rajapaksa regime deserved to be banished, but today’s hunger stems from decades of choosing global markets over self-sufficiency
Governments must fund humanitarian relief and prioritise cropland for feeding people, not livestock or cars, to guard against future shocks
Policy upheaval and stark criticism of the quality of carbon offsets from a former official have thrown Australia’s ability to deliver on carbon targets into doubt
Up to 28 million people are facing severe food insecurity as soaring wheat prices follow failed rains, Covid and desert locusts