What climate-smart agriculture means for smallholder farmers
McKinsey research identified more than 30 measures that smallholder farmers can pursue to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
McKinsey research identified more than 30 measures that smallholder farmers can pursue to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
Farming rice and fish helps both, and the climate. Here’s an example of this interesting experiment in Liberia
A survey identifies several species that are more nutritious and better for the planet than beef, pork or chicken.
Have you read about precision fermentation? Here’s a take on this.
Fermented food ingredients like miso not only increase the appeal of plant-foods, which are much less carbon-intensive than animal-based dishes, they can also help us reduce waste by reusing low-value ingredients and creating entirely new sources of nutrition.
Agricultural waste to eco-friendly sanitary napkins, all thanks to one passionate woman.
If you thought a 4 day workweek was quite cool because it could make you healthy, here’s a news analysis that thinks it could be healthy for the planet too
Buildings are responsible for about 40% of global energy consumption and about 33% of CO2 emissions. That’s a stunning percentage. But what’s even more stunning is, we know little or nothing about emissions data for about 99% of the buildings worldwide, according to a World Economic Forum report. There could not be a bigger clarion call for stakeholders relevant to […]
CO2 has no colour, but the world uses a term blue carbon. What is blue carbon? Blue carbon refers to the CO2 sequestered by the marine ecosystem, especially by coastal ecosystems comprising mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows. Why is blue carbon important in the context of climate action? Estimates show that blue carbon ecosystems can store twice the […]
Most of the talk around greenhouse gases is about CO2 and methane (CH4). Did you know that using too much fertilizers can emit a different greenhouse gas? How? In addition to CO2 & CH4, another important greenhouse gas is Nitrous Oxide (N2O) – yes, what we call the laughing gas. Fertilizers contain nitrogen, and overapplication of fertilizers can lead to […]