Systems modelling and power mapping illuminate different dimensions of power in food systems but are rarely used to interrogate one another. This Comment proposes recursive representational revision, ...

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-026-00193-7Understanding climate-change scenarios is essential for researchers seeking to assess the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. In this Perspective, Schoeman et al. examine climate-change scenarios, their use for biodiversity research, and their relevance to policy, as well as providing recommendations for how biodiversity researchers can make the best use of future climate projections.

If food systems transformation is to deliver on its promises, the metrics must be as systemic as the challenge itself.

Researchers say that transparent publishing practices could be associated with research quality, but more evidence is needed.

A meta-analysis of ~3,000 empirical observations shows that systemic shifts in manure management and technology integration can reduce reactive nitrogen and carbon dioxide emissions from global livest...

Using warming microcosms across 100 paired sites, a global meta-analysis and microbiome manipulation experiments, this study shows that agricultural microbiomes confer higher compositional and multifu...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun

Excellent meeting last week with Amandeep Gill, Under-Secretary General at the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET), & UN Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies. We met on ...

Opinion: El Niño will not wait for the Strait of Hormuz to open.

Artificial intelligence has recently become an invisible infrastructure shaping how knowledge is produced and applied in food systems. From data pipelines to policy modelling, artificial intelligence-...

The industrialization of global food systems has led to dietary changes that harm both health and the environment. If global food systems are to meet the needs of a growing population for healthy, env...

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a landmark resolution to strengthen how UN mandates - the decisions taken by Member States that guide the Organisation’s work - are created, impl...

Extreme global climate outcomes may occur even under moderate 2 °C warming and may turn out to be more extreme than model-averaged projections at 3 °C or 4 °C warming.

A practice-focused reflection on the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment and what it means for organisational strategy, governance and systemic risk.

Studies on food systems transformations are heterogeneous. This systematic review develops pathways aimed at six key food systems actors across socio-economic contexts that can shift food systems towa...

Exclusive: Food systems of low-income nations projected to deteriorate seven times as fast as those of wealthy ones

WMO’s State of the Global Climate report 2025 confirms that 2015-2025 are the hottest 11-years on record, and that 2025 was the second or third hottest year on record, at about 1.43 °C above the 1850-...

An updated visual assessment tool can bridge the gap between climate research and political action

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but many cosmologists are leery of the idea

By integrating the best available spatial and statistical datasets, this analysis estimates the deforestation associated with the production of 184 agricultural and forestry commodities across 179 cou...

Anxiety over a fragmenting international security order seems to have pushed progress on climate risks down the agenda. But recent events show its continuing importance.

Aid cuts for women and girls leads to instability that reaches us all

This paper explores the sustainability potential of food and farming culture, which is largely overlooked by mainstream approaches for transitioning food systems. I present two cases where food and fa...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.

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Although it is widely recognized that safeguarding air, soil, and water is essential for protecting both animal and human health, efforts to protect the environment remain insufficient.

Promoting women and girls in STEM sectors strengthens the agrifood workforce, improves the relevance and impact of research and accelerates progress towards ...

The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDA...

These foods have been linked to obesity and other health troubles, but some scientists argue the grouping is too broad to guide dietary choices.

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition.