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Kenya’s food crisis: ‘With this kind of farming, I only make a loss’
Farmers in Kenya’s Rift Valley are being forced from their farms by drought then hit by rising food prices as maize shortages bite
The great COP food systems illusion: UN climate talks deliver no real-world action
Negotiations on food and agriculture have moved too slowly, while special initiatives fail to hold countries accountable on their commitments
Kenya’s food crisis: Drought raises prices and political tensions
Opposition parties accuse the Kenyatta administration of failing to plan for poor harvests, as inflation bites ahead of an August general election
Climatarianism: the low carb(on) diet you’ve never heard of
BLOG: Four stomachs bad, one stomach good. RTCC sheds pounds of CO2 as it tries green regime for a week
Quiz: Food, farming and climate change
QUIZ: Test your knowledge of the environmental impact of food around the world
Why restoring degraded land is crucial to the climate
COMMENT: A new fund is aiming to cut emissions from bad land management and improve food, energy and water security
8 ways to cut the carbon footprint of your dinner
BLOG: From farm to plate, food accounts for up to a third of global emissions – so how can you limit the impact?
How cutting food waste could help the climate
ANALYSIS: The world’s gluttony is gushing carbon. Is it time to dial down excess and combat climate change?
UN: business must take lead in climate adaptation
UNEP chief Achim Steiner says companies must factor in accelerating environmental change into their long-term planning
Food in the shadow of climate change
Climate change’s health threat that is easiest to understand is hunger. Dalvir Kular takes an optimistic look at how we can bolster food security
UNICEF: Climate food crisis a disaster for children
Dwindling harvests will create a food crisis for urban and rural poor with children hit hardest, write UNICEF’s Natasha Adams.
Off the menu: The climate change food crises
Climate change will threaten a number of crops including coffee, chocolate and rice, according to a number of agricultural research institutes