Publications

Agriculture

This report provides a comprehensive overview of nitrogen use and the resulting challenges in agrifood systems, which is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Youth

A new report captures the experiences, challenges and solutions shared by young landscape practitioners and experts striving to restore African ecosystems.

Land degradation

Urgent action is needed to transform land use and agriculture to stay within planetary boundaries, a new report warns, as six of nine critical Earth thresholds have already been breached.

Trade

This report emphasises the need to strengthen policy coherence between trade and nutrition sectors to make sure that trade does not undermine diet quality and contribute to rising rates of obesity and overweight.

Climate change

A new guide aims to help developing countries to incorporate agricultural methane reduction strategies into their climate plans.

Climate change

Nations must close a huge emissions gap in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action, this report warns. Current commitments for 2030 are not being met; even if they were met, temperature rise would only be…

Food systems

This years State of Food and Agriculture builds on the findings of the 2023 edition, delving deeper into the use of true cost accounting assessments of agrifood systems and identifying policy interventions aimed at…

Energy

The global energy supply faces critical challenges amid geopolitical tensions, this report states. The introduction of clean energy is accelerating, but is uneven and requires significant investment in grids and storage.…

Food systems

A new report explores innovative technologies that could help tackle global agrifood challenges. It highlights 20 selected technologies, from 3D food printing to circular agriculture, showing how tailored combinations…

Gender

Two billion women and girls world-wide lack access to any form of social protection, the UN Women report “World survey on the role of women in development” shows. Women are lagging behind on measures such as unemployment…