http://www.ipes-food.org/pages/news-IPCC-world-miss-1.5-04042022 Reacting to the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the mitigation of climate change…, experts from IPES-Food called for fundamental reform of food systems to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming. The IPCC report, agreed by governments and scientists, finds that: We are nowhere near on track to achieve the ParisContinue reading “IPCC: world will miss 1.5°C without transforming food system“
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Healthy people, healthy planet: a flexitarian approach to sustainable healthy diets (self-study course)
This self-study continuing education course, which was approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to offer 2 CPEUs, provides an overview of the EAT-Lancet Commission’s planetary health diet, a largely plant-based flexitarian diet; discusses the principles of a flexitarian diet; describes the nutritional advantages of a flexitarian diet; examines the health and environmental benefits ofContinue reading “Healthy people, healthy planet: a flexitarian approach to sustainable healthy diets (self-study course)”
No time to lose: Food, diet, and farming are “startlingly absent” from governments’ climate plans, report flags
https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/no-time-to-lose-food-diet-and-farming-are-startlingly-absent-from-governments-climate-plans-report-flags.html “A new 14-country assessment reveals that actions to improve food systems are a “missed opportunity” to cut at least one-fifth of emissions needed to avoid catastrophic climate change.” “[F]ood systems are “startlingly absent” from most countries’ official national emissions-reduction plans, according to new Global Alliance for [the] Future of Food research.” “Without transforming industrializedContinue reading “No time to lose: Food, diet, and farming are “startlingly absent” from governments’ climate plans, report flags”
Less food, more wildfires in North America with climate change: IPCC report
https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/less-food-more-wildfires-in-north-america-with-climate-change “Global warming “is causing dangerous and widespread disruptions in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world,” said a UN climate change report on Monday. Hotter weather and shifts in rainfall are likely to reduce food production in North America and are a risk to food security, said a fact sheet onContinue reading “Less food, more wildfires in North America with climate change: IPCC report”
A Climate Wake-Up: new report
An important new report titled “A Climate Wake-Up” was published by Forest 500, a project of Global Canopy. The report analyzes commitments to address deforestation as well as human rights commitments in the financial sector, food sector, and within agri-commodity companies. In its 2022 annual report, it is noted that: Nearly three out of fourContinue reading “A Climate Wake-Up: new report”
New paper shows: ‘a win on climate is a win for health’
“From ramping up clean electricity to eliminating food waste. From designing cities for walking and biking to preserving ecosystems. Projects that lead to a low-carbon society and limit climate change will have more and greater benefits for health than previously realized. Those are findings from a new commentary in the International Journal of Environmental Research andContinue reading “New paper shows: ‘a win on climate is a win for health’”
Consumer support of food waste solutions: new study
https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/consumer-support-food-waste-solutions-focus-agricultural-economists/ “When it comes to reducing food waste, consumers most favor solutions that involve making food donations easier and establishing standards for food date labels. That is one finding of a study — among the first to examine support and perceived effectiveness for popular food waste solutions — led by an agricultural economist in PennContinue reading “Consumer support of food waste solutions: new study”
Climate-friendly seafood opportunities identified to improve GHG footprint in aquaculture: new research
“A team of international researchers says there is potential for climate-friendly design and operation to improve the greenhouse gas footprint of seaweed, bivalve, and fed finfish mariculture.” See below links to learn more. https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/01/27/climate-friendly-seafood-opportunities-identified-to-improve-ghg-footprint-in-aquaculture Source: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/2/123/6485038 Citation: Alice R Jones, Heidi K Alleway, Dominic McAfee, Patrick Reis-Santos, Seth J Theuerkauf, Robert C Jones, Climate-Friendly Seafood:Continue reading “Climate-friendly seafood opportunities identified to improve GHG footprint in aquaculture: new research”
“Food Talk” podcast with Chef Alejandra Schrader on her new book
A new “Food Talk” podcast with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank): 302. Chef, author and food activist Alejandra Schrader discusses her new book, The Low-Carbon Cookbook. https://foodtalk.libsyn.com/302-chef-author-and-food-activist-alejandra-schrader-on-her-new-book-the-low-carbon-cookbook The book provides information on the complex relationship between food and the climate crisis, providing readers with an action plan and recipes to develop a diet that reducesContinue reading ““Food Talk” podcast with Chef Alejandra Schrader on her new book”
Single-item substitutions can substantially reduce the carbon and water scarcity footprints of US diets: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition estimates “the potential impact of a single dietary substitution on the carbon and water footprints of self-selected diets in the United States.”1 The authors found that the “highest impact item in Americans’ diet is beef and around 20 percent of survey respondents ate atContinue reading “Single-item substitutions can substantially reduce the carbon and water scarcity footprints of US diets: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition”
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