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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

To Protect the Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently, UN Says

Fertilizers are the largest source of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas that’s also the most significant destroyer of ozone, yet not controlled under the Montreal Protocol.

By Georgina Gustin

A Brazilian farmer sprays his field with fertilizer in Balsa Nova, Brazil. Credit: Brunno Covello/picture alliance via Getty Images
A farmer walks through his field of dried-up crops in the Butha-Buthe District of Lesotho on Aug. 7. Credit: Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images

As Global Hunger Levels Remain Stubbornly High, Advocates Call for More Money to Change the Way the World Produces Food

By Georgina Gustin

Activists protest for equitable global food production on day 11 of the COP28 Climate Conference as negotiations go into their final phase on Dec. 11 in Dubai. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

A New UN ‘Roadmap’ Lays Out a Global Vision for Food Security and Emissions Reductions

By Georgina Gustin

A small herd of Woodland Caribou on the tundra, Mackenzie Mountains, Yukon, Canada. Credit: by DeAgostini/Getty Images.

Corn Harvests in the Yukon? Study Finds That Climate Change Will Boost Likelihood That Wilderness Gives Way to Agriculture

By Kiley Price

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