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Robin McKie is science and environment editor for the Observer

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Wheat now provides 20 per cent of the calories consumed by humans every day, but its production is under threat. Photo by Tim VanReenen/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

‘Holy grail’ wheat gene find could feed our overheated world

Harvests that form a vital element of the diets of 4.5 billion people are being devastated by global heating. Now research has found a key to create a heat-resistant variety.

Race to a Safer World

News | January 23rd 2023

How a British millionaire is rewilding the countryside, one farm at a time

Julia Davies, a lawyer turned activist, is helping wildlife groups to buy up land — and fight back against Britain’s biodiversity crisis.

Race to a Safer World

News | September 14th 2021

Disinformation jeopardizing climate change fight

Royal Swedish Academy of Science report says steps to address climate change will be hard to enforce if they continue to suffer targeted attacks in social media

Race to a Safer World

News | March 24th 2021

Hereford beef cattle. The IPCC report says meat consumption should be cut to reduce methane emissions. Portrait of an unmarked Hereford cattle calf (Bos taurus). Taken in Victoria, Australia. Photo by User Jjron [CC BY-SA 3.0]

We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report

A leaked draft of a report on climate change and land use, which is now being debated in Geneva by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that it will be impossible to keep global temperatures at safe levels unless there is also a transformation in the way the world produces food and manages land.

Race to a Safer World

News, Politics | August 6th 2019