Publications

This compendium identifies 100 underutilised crops that have the potential to provide dietary nutrients to various African communities.

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Households across all continents wasted over one billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity. Food waste continues to hurt the global…

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In the last five years, rising trends in global resource use have continued or accelerated, and demand for resources is expected to increase further. This means that without urgent and concerted action, by 2060, resource…

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2023 was the warmest year on record, according to this report. The cost of climate inaction is higher than the cost of climate action, the authors stress, pointing out that extreme weather undermines socio-economic…

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Uneven development is leaving the poorest behind, exacerbating inequality, and stoking political polarisation. We are facing a dangerous gridlock that we must tackle collectively, says a new report.

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The world urgently needs to shift to zero waste, says a new report. Waste management improvements are needed to limit pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and negative impacts on human health.

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As governments face increasing pressure to protect their forests, a new report highlights the importance of sharing the wins and setbacks of tried and tested action in the Global South.

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This year’s report gives a largely negative global outlook for the next two years – which is expected to worsen over the next decade. Extreme weather events and disinformation are the highest risks.

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A quarter of the total global tea volume is produced under Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs). But 90 per cent of this VSS-compliant tea is sold as conventionally produced, leaving smallholder farmers with high…

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The hunger funding gap increased dramatically in 2023, this report states. Countries dealing with “crisis” hunger levels received only 35 per cent of hunger-related funding requested in 2023.

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