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Cropped 8 November 2023: ‘Hidden costs’ of food; Gas auction controversy; Looking towards COP28

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature ov... Read More

| Nov 8. 2023.
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Cropped 25 October 2023: Agri-disasters costing trillions; Bankrolling deforestation; COP15 official finale

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature ov... Read More

Nature | Cropped | Oct 25. 2023.
Man tapping rubber tree at night, Sakolnakhon, Thailand.

Rubber drives ‘at least twice’ as much deforestation as previously thought

The clearing of forests for growing rubber “has been substantially underestimated” in figures used to develop policy on deforestation, new resear... Read More

Plants and forests | Oct 18. 2023.
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Cropped 11 October 2023: Amazon dolphin deaths; EU agri round-up; ‘Exploitative’ carbon offsets

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature ov... Read More

Nature | Oct 11. 2023.
Rare orange jack o lantern mushroom (omphalotus olearius). Image ID: 2HM3AMB.

Kew report: Five key extinction risks facing the world’s plants and fungi

Scientists’ understanding of how climate change and habitat loss could drive plant and fungi extinctions is being hamstrung by knowledge gaps in ho... Read More

Plants and forests | Oct 10. 2023.
Dirt road through cattle pasture in an area recently cleared of forest, Brazil. Image ID: DYXMBY.

Drying of Amazon could be early warning of ‘tipping point’ for the rainforest

Recent drying over the Amazon could be the “first warning signal” that the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, new research says. The A... Read More

Plants and forests | Oct 4. 2023.
Rotted fruit dumped into a composter in Ontario, California in 2018. Image ID: R9FM98.

In-depth Q&A: What food waste means for climate change

Wasted food – if it were a country – would be the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, according to the UN’s Food and... Read More

Food and farming | Oct 3. 2023.
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Cropped 27 September 2023: UN’s ‘climate ambition’ summit; Carbon offsets series; Brazil Indigenous victory

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature ov... Read More

Nature | Sep 27. 2023.
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Cropped 13 September 2023: G20 meeting; Cargill deforestation investigation; Invasive species report

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s Cropped. We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature ov... Read More

Nature | Sep 13. 2023.
Veggie cutlet grilled for veg burger.

Halving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’

Substituting half of animal products, such as pork, chicken, beef and milk, consumed globally with more sustainable alternatives could “almost full... Read More

Food and farming | Sep 12. 2023.
The Cane toad (Bufo marinus) in Queensland, Australia where it is an invasive species.

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

Invasive alien species are spreading around the world at “unprecedented and increasing rates”, according to a landmark new report from the Interg... Read More

Wildlife | Sep 7. 2023.
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