Danielle Nierenberg
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Danielle Nierenberg is President of Food Tank and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues. She has written extensively on gender and population, the spread of factory farming in the developing world and innovations in sustainable agriculture.

As U.N. Nations Meet Again—this Time, on Biodiversity—What Should We Be Paying Attention to?

COP15 presents a once-in-a-decade opportunity to protect and restore biodiversity. But global leaders can’t do it without acknowledging the role of food and agriculture systems.

Let’s Tell Our Kids Bedtime Stories About Food Systems

Activism, advocacy and involvement in food and agriculture issues can and should start at an early age.

Can Food Justice Be a Religion?

Food and faith are both simultaneously deeply personal and inherently community-based.

COP27 Is Over—What Just Happened?

There is a lot of work to do. There’s also time to take a moment and be grateful for the inspiring folks who came together at COP27 to spark important discussions about the role of agriculture and food in the climate crisis.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Friday, Nov. 18

At COP27, speakers embrace the nuance involved in building a more sustainable and equitable food system. There is no one solution.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Thursday, Nov. 17

At COP27, conversations continued around food waste, the biodiversity loss crisis, and the role of the alternative meat sector.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Tuesday, Nov. 15

Conversations at COP27 are focusing at COP27 on a topic too often ignored in climate conversations: gender equality and women empowerment.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Monday, Nov. 14

“We are paying for the food system. We are paying for it in the form of diabetes treatment. We are paying for it in biodiversity loss,” says Sara Farley of The Rockefeller Foundation.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Nov. 12

Agriculture and Adaptation Day at COP27 is a long overdue recognition of the critical importance of food systems as a climate solution.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Friday, Nov. 11

The FAO is planning to launch an initiative this year to tackle on-farm emissions as part of the urgent need to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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