Climate change threatens global food security and sustainable development, while many agricultural subsidies exacerbate environmental impact and agriculture’s carbon footprint around the world.

In fiscal year 2024, climate finance amounted to 62 percent of total lending in the agriculture and food sector, in the World Bank. World Bank food- and agriculture-oriented projects approved between ...

Climate-smart agriculture is gaining momentum—and for good reason. These practices have sustainable benefits from an environmental perspective, but it’s becoming more evident that they also offer ...

The Biden administration has targeted soil management practices, the largest source of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, as a major part of their plan to cut those emissions in half by 2030.

Climate change and food and nutrition insecurity pose two of the greatest development challenges of our time. Yet a more sustainable food system can not only heal the planet, but ensure food security ...

What would it mean to climate change to remove 12 million gas-powered passenger vehicles from the roads of the U.S.? Katina Hanson, acting senior advisor for climate smart commodities at the U.S.

The farming landscape constantly evolves, presenting new challenges each year. Weather has a major impact on farming practices, particularly erratic weather conditions and the resulting crop stress.

Our agricultural system must transition to farming systems and technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to the impacts of climate change – all while maintaining ...

Roughly 11 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — mostly nitrous oxide and methane — can be traced to the nation’s agricultural sector. A range of ‘climate-smart’ farming practices have the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) states it is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects it what it describes as the first “Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities” funding ...

Fluctuating water supply and reliability throughout the U.S. has the potential to have major implications for rural communities, farmers, agricultural operators, ranchers, forest owners, and other ...

Hurricane Nicholas wreaked havoc, dumping torrential rainfall and causing flooding across the Gulf Coast of The Southeastern United States — and came less than two weeks after the devastation left in ...