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Current Projects EmPowering Africa Combating energy poverty and promoting sustainable development throughout the region of sub-Saharan Africa. MORE China Program Helping decision makers better understand the environmental challenges and opportunities facing China. MORE	Latest Published Research Vital Signs: Natural Catastrophes In 2012, the US was seriously affected by weather-related disasters. MORE Vital Signs: Agriculture Emissions Increased growth in agricultural production has resulted in increased global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. MORE
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Worldwatch Blogs Concrete Goals for Sustainable Development? Time for a New Environmentalism Transactive Energy Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Power Grid The Raw Campaign: An Interview with Jonty Whittleton Building Sand Dunes and Strategic Policy Solutions As Next Round of Climate Talks Nears, Poland Faces Tough Choices One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Pay Dirt Ready to Roll or Still Charging? A Closer Look at Electric Vehicle Development in China	Vital Signs Online Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions More Businesses Pursue Triple Bottom Line for a Sustainable Economy Global Food Prices Continue to Rise Advertising Spending Continues Gradual Rebound Driven by Growth in Internet Media The Looming Threat of Water Scarcity Smart Grid and Energy Storage Installations Rising Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slows Wage Gap Widens as Wages Fail to Keep Pace with Productivity
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Current Projects EmPowering Africa Combating energy poverty and promoting sustainable development throughout the region of sub-Saharan Africa. MORE China Program Helping decision makers better understand the environmental challenges and opportunities facing China. MORE	Latest Published Research Vital Signs: Natural Catastrophes In 2012, the US was seriously affected by weather-related disasters. MORE Vital Signs: Smart Grids Around the world, public and private investors are making efforts to update aging energy infrastructure. MORE
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Worldwatch Blogs Transactive Energy Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Power Grid As Next Round of Climate Talks Nears, Poland Faces Tough Choices Ready to Roll or Still Charging? A Closer Look at Electric Vehicle Development in China Energy Efficient Buildings in China: A Mixed Picture Growing Pains: Unclear Progress Towards the EU 2020 Renewable Energy Targets Kenya’s Solar Lamp Market: Illuminating and Overcoming Institutional Voids Hundreds of Billions Now Flowing to Clean Energy No “LAC” of Leadership: Conference Highlights Renewable Energy Success in Latin America and Caribbean	Vital Signs Online Smart Grid and Energy Storage Installations Rising Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slows Global Coal and Natural Gas Consumption Continue to Grow Continued Growth in Renewable Energy Investments Fossil Fuel and Renewable Energy Subsidies on the Rise Growth in Global Oil Market Slows China Drives Global Wind Growth Carbon Capture and Storage Experiences Limited Growth in 2011
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Current Projects Nourishing the Planet Evaluating environmentally sustainable solutions to reduce global hunger and rural poverty. MORE	Latest Published Research Vital Signs: Agriculture Emissions Increased growth in agricultural production has resulted in increased global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. MORE Vital Signs: Food Prices Food price volatility has increased dramatically since 2006 and can be traced to various forces affecting global supply and demand. MORE
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Worldwatch Blogs The Raw Campaign: An Interview with Jonty Whittleton World Environment Day 2013: Five Ways to Preserve Food and Prevent Waste Innovation of the Month: Cereal Banks Protect Against Famine and Empower Women Across the Sahel Camu Camu: A Little Fruit that Packs a Big Punch EU Bans Class of Pesticides Thought Harmful to Bees Emissions from Agriculture and Livestock Continue to Grow Global Food Prices Continue to Rise Aquaponics: An Interview with Sweet Water Organics’ Matt Ray	Vital Signs Online Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Global Food Prices Continue to Rise Organic Agriculture Contributes to Sustainable Food Security Area Equipped for Irrigation at Record Levels, But Expansion Slows Disease and Drought Curb Meat Production and Consumption Global Grain Production at Record High Despite Extreme Climatic Events Aquaculture Tries to Fill World’s Insatiable Appetite for Seafood Investing in Women Farmers
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Current Projects Sustainable Prosperity Charting a path toward an economic system that promotes the health of both people and ecosystems. MORE Transforming Cultures Turning a critical eye to how we can shift today's consumer cultures toward cultures of sustainability. MORE	Latest Published Research Vital Signs: The Triple Bottom Line The recent growth of "benefit corporations" and other sustainably minded businesses signals that companies are beginning to look beyond simple profit-driven models. MORE Vital Signs: Advertising Advertisers are adapting to changing media environments, spreading ads around the world at a fast rate. MORE
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Worldwatch Blogs Concrete Goals for Sustainable Development? Time for a New Environmentalism Building Sand Dunes and Strategic Policy Solutions One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Pay Dirt Building an Enduring Environmental Movement Videos by Farmers, for Farmers to Adapt to a Warmer World Getting to One-Planet Living Just One Word: Plastics	Vital Signs Online More Businesses Pursue Triple Bottom Line for a Sustainable Economy Advertising Spending Continues Gradual Rebound Driven by Growth in Internet Media The Looming Threat of Water Scarcity Wage Gap Widens as Wages Fail to Keep Pace with Productivity Urbanizing the Developing World Climate Change Migration Often Short-Distance and Circular Auto Production Roars to New Records Municipal Solid Waste Growing
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Researching the security implications of transitioning international energy, industrial, and transportation systems toward green technologies.

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Providing nations with policy advice and research on the potential and deployment of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and transportation, in order to support achievement of low-carbon development goals.

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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.

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Exploring policies that encourage investments in rail and transit manufacturing.

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Examining how we can shift today's consumer cultures to cultures of sustainability.

Sustainable Prosperity

Offering solutions that enhance human wellbeing and reduce inequities while protecting the planet, and acknowledging that the global environmental and economic crises have common origins and must be tackled together.

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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.

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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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