Sustainability

The food, water and energy nexus are where and how these three systems interconnect. When they come into conflict with each other there are consequences for public health, the economy and the natural world.

Whether it’s a salad, a hamburger or your morning egg sandwich, your meal has an impact on the environment and on the welfare of animals, food/farm workers and on public health. Explore current issues, deep dive reports, and guides on how to shop, cook, and dine out more sustainably.

Key insights on the Environmental Impacts of Food.

More sustainable and responsible food supply chains are a powerful tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Learn more about Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices, decision making, and assessments and impacts. Also check out the Water section!

Explore the latest publications including the 2024 reports on: Food Security and Nutrition in the World, State of the World's Forests, State of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture, and more!

The report identifies 10 replicable “high impact” practices with major potential to increase land use sustainability, lower GHG emissions and provide triple bottom line benefits (economic, social and environmental).

What we eat, and how that food is produced, affects our health but also the environment. Learn more about this connection and which foods cause the most greenhouse gas emissions

CGSpace is a repository of CGIAR and partner research outputs and knowledge products. The repository has information on reports, articles, press releases, presentations, videos, policy briefs, datasets, infographics and more.

Exploring challenges and developing solutions for food security across 113 countries

Study whose purpose is to determine the environmental impact (i.e., land use, water use, and GHG emissions) related to consumption of five U.S. dietary patterns (i.e., Current U.S., the Healthy U.S., Mediterranean, Healthy Vegetarian, and Vegan), and (2) to determine the specific impact of each food group in each dietary pattern on the three environmental indicators.

Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this journal explores the intersection of food systems, science and practice of sustainability including its environmental, economic and social justice dimensions.

Future Foods is a dedicated Journal to address the challenges of climate change and sustainability in food production. A transformation of the way food is currently manufactured and consumed is necessary to feed an ever-growing population whilst limiting its environmental impact.

JSDEWES is an international journal dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge on methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainability of development.

Water and Environmental Sustainability (WES) is an international scholarly research journal which aims to promote the theory and practice of water and environmental science, technology, engineering, and sustainable management.

Land Degradation & Development promotes the study of all aspects of terrestrial environmental degradation, mitigation, restoration and sustainable land management.

The Journal of Land Use Science provides a central outlet for high-quality articles on theoretical and empirical aspects of land-use science at the interface of social and environmental systems.