Irrigated agriculture is the main source of water withdrawals, accounting for around 70% of
all the world's freshwater withdrawals. The development of irrigated agriculture has boosted …

A key challenge for humanity is how a future global population of 9 billion can all be fed
healthily and sustainably. Here, we review how competition for land is influenced by other …

Almost all global scenarios under ambitious climate targets rely on the deployment of
negative emission technologies (NETs). Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage …

There are few examples in the existing literature that address the quantitative linkages
between food waste, food security, and environmental sustainability, at global scale. Here …

Recently, an active debate has emerged around greenhouse gas emissions due to indirect
land use change (iLUC) of expanding agricultural areas dedicated to biofuel production. In …

Limiting atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to low levels requires strategies
to manage anthropogenic carbon emissions from terrestrial systems as well as fossil fuel …

Rural areas still account for almost half the world's population, and about 70% of the
developing world's poor people.{9.1. 1}. There is a lack of clear definition of what constitutes …

Top scholars synthesize and analyze scholarship on this widely used tool of policy analysis
in 27 articles, setting forth its accomplishments, difficulties, and means of implementation …

Progressive depletion of conventional fossil fuels with increasing energy consumption and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have led to a move towards renewable and sustainable …

One potentially significant impact of growing biofuel crops will be the sequestration or
release of carbon (C) in soil. Soil organic carbon (SOC) represents an important C sink in …