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Are land-use policies jeopardising the UK’s resilience to climate change and population growth?

Claire HoolohanMaria Sharmina By Claire Hoolohan and Maria Sharmina Filed Under: All posts Posted: April 22, 2016

Land provides a wide range of goods and services to society. But with multiple demands placed on our land, both now and into the future, Claire Hoolohan and Maria Sharmina ask why are land-use policies failing to make the most of UK land? Land is an invaluable resource that sustains much of the UK economy […]

Tagged With: climate change, energy, food, Land, planning, sustainability, water

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“Sit down for breakfast- stand up for the farmers!”

Ralitza Dimova By Ralitza Dimova Filed Under: All posts Posted: February 29, 2016

Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off today and this year we are being asked to organise a Fairtrade breakfast in support of the farmers who grow the food we have every morning, like coffee, tea, cocoa and bananas. Support for poor farmers is to be welcomed, but is Fairtrade getting it right asks Ralitza Dimova? I believe […]

Tagged With: Africa, Cash crops, Fairtrade, Farming, food, food security, Global Development Institute, Ivory Coast

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Dinner parties and healthy eating should share blame for food wastage

Daniel WelchDavid Evans By Daniel Welch and David Evans Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: May 14, 2014

Eating ‘properly’ and special occasions are more to blame for household food waste than lazy consumers and supermarket BOGOFs, according to Dr David Evans and Dr Daniel Welch. We waste 15 million tonnes of food in the UK every year, according to a recent report from the House of Commons EU Committee. This has serious […]

Tagged With: BOGOFs, consumers, food, Food waste, sustainability

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Green policymakers should take a cue from Quorn’s success

Claire Hoolohan By Claire Hoolohan Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: April 30, 2014

Last week Quorn announced it will invest £30m in its County Durham factory following significant sales growth in recent years. Claire Hoolohan argues that Quorn’s success is a signal to governments, policy makers, academics, and others that the time has arrived to move forward on the sustainable food agenda. Reducing the amount of meat in […]

Tagged With: climate change, food, food security, greenhouse gases, production, Quorn, supply chain, sustainability

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Avoiding catastrophe: the role of the state in the water-food-energy nexus

Danny Fitzpatrick By Danny Fitzpatrick Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted: October 2, 2013

The recurring themes of water, food and energy in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals suggest the policy-making community is waking up to the deep inter-dependencies between these three essential resources.  The role of central governments in translating such a ‘nexus thinking’ into meaningful action, in order to avoid a potential catastrophe, will be critical, writes […]

Tagged With: development, energy, environment, food, nexus, sustainability, UN, water

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