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*In this issue:*

* Reducing Waste Can Ease Tariffs’ Food Price Impacts ( #blurb1 )
* Farming in a Water-Stressed World ( #blurb2 )
* Climate-Friendly Cows ( #blurb3 )
* The Most Important Place on Earth (According to David Attenborough) ( #blurb4 )

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Reducing Food Waste Can Protect Against Tariff Price Hikes ( [link removed] )
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Escalating tariffs could lead to higher prices at supermarkets and restaurants globally, with everyday consumers shouldering the tab. But there’s a simple remedy for rising food costs that many governments and companies aren’t thinking about: reducing food waste.

Tariffs and food waste might sound like apples and oranges. But the sheer volume of food that goes uneaten (about 40%) represents a massive opportunity to boost supply and push prices down. What’s more, there are already proven solutions to do so.

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One-Quarter of World’s Crops Threatened by Water Risks ( [link removed] )
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Ongoing drought in Iraq has forced thousands ( [link removed] ) of families to flee once-fertile farmland in search of water, food and work. And such threats are only rising: WRI data shows that a quarter of the world’s crops are grown in areas where water is now highly stressed, highly unreliable or both.

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6 Emerging Solutions to Curb Methane Emissions ( [link removed] )
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Despite global pledges to curb methane emissions, most countries and companies have yet to demonstrate real progress, according to a new report ( [link removed] ). Agriculture is the biggest source and one of the most difficult to tackle. But a few solutions, from better breeding to cow-burp vaccines, show promise.

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Unlocking the Ocean’s Planet-Changing Potential ( [link removed] )
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"After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea," says ( [link removed] ) Sir David Attenborough of his new documentary, Ocean. Indeed, WRI research shows that a healthy ocean is essential to our own health and wellbeing ( [link removed] ) — and that it can play a bigger role in fighting climate change than we once thought.

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Mitigation potential of ocean-based climate solutions by 2050 ( [link removed] )

Ocean-based climate solutions could deliver over a third (35%) of the emissions cuts needed by 2050 to hold long-term global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F).

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*Tracking Progress on Sustainable Food Systems ( [link removed] )*

Changing how we produce and consume food is a powerful tool to fight hunger, climate change and biodiversity loss simultaneously. New data from Systems Change Lab shows just how much progress the world has made on this front (hint: not enough) — and what exactly we must do to build a sustainable food future.

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