Somini Sengupta

The Paris Olympics aim to halve their carbon footprint by leveraging existing infrastructure and focusing on sustainable practices.

New York Times: Organisers of the Games promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

Artificial intelligence is peering into restaurant garbage pails and crunching grocery-store data to try to figure out how to send less uneaten food into dumpsters.

Artificial intelligence is tackling food waste by analyzing what gets tossed in restaurants and unsold in supermarkets, aiming for a greener future. Somini Sengupta reports for The New York Times.In short:AI tools are identifying surplus food issues, like oversized croissants and unsold onions, to r...

An emerging industry seeks to reduce the huge amount of food that goes from supermarkets and restaurants to the dumpster.

From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.

Globally, 1 billion metric tons of food went to waste in 2022, according to the U.N. Environment Program. Food waste accounts for 8% to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, roughly equal to emissions from aviation and shipping combined.

The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.

As a severe drought, worsened by El Niño, takes hold of southern Africa, an estimated 20 million people face acute hunger due to failing crops and climbing food prices.

Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be on full display as top climate diplomats meet this week.