To feed 10 billion people in 2050 will require a lot of protein and from a land-use perspective, plants provide the most efficient way to produce this. But this means that as well as shifting our diets we will need to increase crop yields and this will require nitrogen.

Investors have a right to know whether sustainable and ESG funds do exactly what it says on the tin

Deforestation-driven climate change set to threaten Brazil’s position as leading agricultural producer, warns Planet Tracker.

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released this week is categorical – climate change is real and the impacts are being experienced today, not at some point in the future.

This report sets out four steps Brazil could take to change direction, including issuing an innovative Deforestation-Linked Sovereign Bond tying interest payments to its success in reducing deforestation.

The Bond would boost Brazil’s sovereign health and align its fiscal objectives with investors’ sustainability ambitions.