The past year has been a whirlwind for the environment, with the momentous Paris climate agreement's enactment in November 2016 followed, seven months later, by the United States' shocking withdrawal from the deal.
We've compiled The Conversation Global's best Energy + Environment coverage, in which international scholars lay out everything from how the world can still meet its emissions goals to why Italian forests are going up in flames.
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Looks good, tastes good, but can it feed the world?
Verena Seufert, University of British Columbia; Navin Ramankutty, University of British Columbia
Is organic produce better for you? Can organic farming feed the world? Those might be the wrong questions.
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Forest fires are a key part of the lifecycle of the woods, but they can also be deadly.
Eduard Plana
Luke Kelly, University of Melbourne; Eduard Plana Bach; Marc Font Bernet
Italy, Portugal and Spain have all gone up in flames in recent weeks, highlighting the need to rethink how Mediterranean countries protect people and save ecosystems.
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Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Wesley Morgan, The University of the South Pacific
As Australia looks to expand the coal industry at home, it's also ramping up regional diplomacy aimed at avoiding condemnation by those at the front line of climate change.
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Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Reza Ardakanian, United Nations University
The first international water decade was a great success ... so why do we need another?
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Shailesh Andrade/Reuters
Shobhakar Dhakal, Asian Institute of Technology
Future population growth is expected to take place almost entirely in cities. We won't fight climate change without them.
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