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Current Projects | Latest Published ResearchVital Signs: B Corporations
The recent growth of “benefit corporations” signals that companies are beginning to look beyond simple profit-driven models.
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Vital Signs: Food Prices
Food price volatility has increased dramatically since 2006 and can be traced to various forces affecting global supply and demand.
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Evaluating environmentally sustainable solutions to reduce global hunger and rural poverty.
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Food price volatility has increased dramatically since 2006 and can be traced to various forces affecting global supply and demand.
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Vital Signs: Organic Agriculture
Despite a tripling in acreage since 1999, certified organic land still makes up less than 1% of global agricultural land.
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ReVolt
A blog that provides cutting-edge commentary on international climate and energy policy as well as updates on the work of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy team.
New Economy Council
Connecting green industry players and sustainability champions with policymakers and experts from Europe and the United States.
China Program
Helping decision makers in China and around the globe better understand China’s environmental challenges and opportunities, including in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Reports
Providing an integrated picture of the global renewable energy and energy efficiency situations, including reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), and REN 21.
Natural Gas and Sustainable Energy Initiative
Investigating the latest natural gas sources and extraction technologies, their environmental impact, and their potential to reduce greenhouse gases and enable widespread adoption of renewable energy.
Environment & Society
Population, Climate Change and the Environment
Exploring the influence of population change on the world's climate and environment, and the ways that access to family planning and improving women’s lives can slow population growth.
Green Transport Jobs
Exploring policies that encourage investments in rail and transit manufacturing.
Transforming Cultures
Examining how we can shift today's consumer cultures to cultures of sustainability.
Food & Agriculture
Farming in Cities
Highlighting the innovative ways that urban gardeners and livestock keepers in cities from Accra to Rio are finding to feed their communities, as more of humanity lives in cities than rural areas for the first time in history.
Agriculture and Climate Change
Raising awareness of the food and agricultural community's important role in stabilizing the world's climate, including by eating to reduce our "foodprint" and using farming methods that create "carbon sinks.
Nourishing the Planet
Chronicling agricultural innovations from Africa and around the world that reduce rural poverty and provide safe, nutritious food to the planet's nearly 1 billion hungry people, while also enhancing ecological sustainability. Visit our blog.
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