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March 14 2010
Report: Agrimonde: Scenarios and Challenges for Feeding the World in 2050

CIRAD and INRA have published the report of their Foresight exercise into possible farming and food systems worldwide in 2035. CIRA and INRA were commissioned to "produce scenarios of global and regional evolution in agricultural production...

November 20 2009
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WRAP report: Waste, resource use and the rebound effect

The WRAP report on resource efficiency by the Stockholm Environment Institute considers the rebound effects on GHG savings resulting from resource efficiency.

November 13 2009
Eating energy- identifying possibilities for reduced energy use in the future food supply system

Wallgren C and Höjer M (2009). "Eating energy- identifying possibilities for reduced energy use in the future food supply system", Energy Policy, Volume 37, Issue 12, December 2009, pp. 5803-5813.

September 2 2009
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Stockholm Water Week report: Asia and water

The International Water Management Institute held its annual "Stockholm Water Week" in AUgust 2009 which saw the publication of a report entitled "Revitalizing Asia's Irrigation to Sustainably meet tomorrow's needs".

August 14 2009
Dairy UK to produce an industry wide carbon footprinting guide

Dairy UK and the Carbon Trust are announcing major plans for an industry-wide carbon footprinting guide, as a new report shows strong progress towards environmental targets in the Milk Roadmap.

Work is just beginning with the Carbon Trust to...

August 6 2009
Government publishes low carbon transition plan

Published in July 2009 The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan plots out how the UK will meet the cut in emissions set out in the budget of 34% on 1990 levels by 2020 (NB: 34% was the "interim" target recommended by the Committee on Climate...

July 25 2009
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Can Totnes and District Feed Itself?

This Working Paper, "Can Totnes and District Feed Itself? Exploring the practicalities of food relocalisation", by Rob Hopkins, Mark Thurstain, Goodwin and Simon Fairlie takes the need to reduce oil dependence and GHG emissions as a starting point to...

June 29 2009
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Investing in Agriculture: Far-Reaching Challenge, Significant Opportunity

This paper (June 2009) is a collaboration between Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors and the Nelson Institute's Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). It explores the question of...

June 1 2009
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Kiwifruit footprinting

New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri International has measured, and is now making plans to reduce, its carbon emissions. Through a collaborative project Zespri, the New Zealand farm ministry, Landcare Research, Massey University, Plant & Food...

October 29 2008
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2008 WWF Living Planet report

The 2008 edition of WWF's Living Planet report has been published. The report suggests some key sustainability wedges which, if combined, could stabilize and reverse the worsening slide into ecological debt and enduring damage to global support...