Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks
9 months ago

Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks

Salon  

Last week, the leaders of the world's seven biggest economies convened in Italy to discuss several pressing global issues during the annual gathering known as the G7 summit. "Unless we are really serious about food, and look at it from a systems approach, ask ourselves the hard questions and give ourselves the hard answers, I don't see how we can fix climate change." The COP28 pledge includes incorporating the climate footprint of food into each country's "nationally determined contribution," or NDC — a specific emissions target required by the Paris Agreement. At the gathering in southern Italy, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni announced the launch of the Apulia Food Systems Initiative, a climate and food policy aimed at investing in resilient food systems for poorer countries. "Livestock is clearly a very good example of what wasn't tackled directly, in the sense that there is no mention of livestock, per se," said Francesco Rampa, head of the think tank European Centre for Development Policy Management's sustainable food systems team, who assisted the Italian G7 presidency in developing the initiative.

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How the answer to limiting climate change might lie in farms
3 weeks, 1 day ago

How the answer to limiting climate change might lie in farms

Firstpost  

If humanity wants to throw brakes on climate change, it has to step up its control over human sources of methane emissions. Agriculture Jack Marley, The Conversation “The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane emissions are rising very fast,” says Euan Nisbet, a professor of …

Climate change threatens global food supply: Scientists sound alarm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change threatens global food supply: Scientists sound alarm

India Today  

As climate change intensifies, scientists are raising alarms about its devastating impact on global food security. A study published in Trends in Plant Science by an international team of researchers points to the urgent need to develop climate-resilient crops to avert severe food shortages, famine, mass migration, and global instability. Silvia Restrepo, President of the Boyce Thompson Institute and co-author …

Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change
4 months ago

Americans will throw out 316 million pounds of food on Thanksgiving. Here’s how it fuels climate change

LA Times  

Each day, an army of trucks delivers tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City’s Central de Abasto, one of the world’s largest wholesale food markets. “This food still has value.” Environmental activists say reducing food waste is one of the most attainable climate solutions, in part because its not politicized. Each day, an army …

At UN climate talks, farmers argue for a share of money dedicated to fighting climate change
4 months, 1 week ago

At UN climate talks, farmers argue for a share of money dedicated to fighting climate change

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That’s why she’s hoping that countries at this year’s …

Food worth $1.5 trillion goes to waste annually, experts raise concern at COP29
4 months, 1 week ago

Food worth $1.5 trillion goes to waste annually, experts raise concern at COP29

India Today  

At the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, food security, sustainability, and agriculture have emerged as critical topics during the second week of discussions. Activists, policymakers, and environmental experts are emphasising the urgent need for sustainable food systems, tackling food waste, and addressing the global hunger crisis exacerbated by climate change. The Waste and Resource Action Program report, released last week, …

Food is a huge source of methane emissions. Fixing that is no easy feat.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Food is a huge source of methane emissions. Fixing that is no easy feat.

Salon  

An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. This is the Global Carbon Project's fourth report tracking the sources and sinks of methane emissions, and in the last global methane budget, published in 2020, agriculture and waste also contributed roughly twice the …

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day
1 year ago

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day

China Daily  

A pallet of rescued vegetables is seen at a share house in Johannesburg on February 15, 2021. Food waste across the globe continues to fuel climate change, nature loss and pollution while hurting the global economy, a report by the United Nations has revealed. The UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024 which was launched on Wednesday said that it is …

The world now has a roadmap for food and climate. But it’s missing a few things
1 year, 3 months ago

The world now has a roadmap for food and climate. But it’s missing a few things

Salon  

The first-ever day devoted to food and agriculture at the United Nations’ annual climate conference was expected to be momentous. But some of the buzz fizzled at the gathering in Dubai on Sunday after the U.N. released the first part of its much-anticipated “roadmap” to easing hunger and reducing climate pollution from food and agriculture, a source of about a …

U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An additional $9 billion of funding to tackle agriculture’s role in the climate crisis was announced on the sidelines of the United Nations climate talks on Friday. The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate, a joint initiative led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates that debuted at the climate talks in Glasgow two …

How climate change affects farming and food security
1 year, 3 months ago

How climate change affects farming and food security

Live Mint  

As impacts from prolonged droughts to extreme heat worsen, climate change is threatening the world's ability to produce enough nutritious food and ensure everyone has access to it. At COP28 in Dubai, more than 130 country leaders on Friday called for global and national food systems to be rethought to address climate change - the first such official recognition at …

Becoming a halfway vegan could curb climate change, scientists claim
1 year, 6 months ago

Becoming a halfway vegan could curb climate change, scientists claim

Daily Mail  

Scientists claim going 50 percent vegan could curb climate change. A new study suggests swapping half of your meat and dairy products for plant-based alternatives for the next 27 years could drop emissions by 31 percent. A new study has suggested swapping half of your meat and dairy products for plant-based alternatives for the next 27 years would drop emissions …

Eating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds
1 year, 8 months ago

Eating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} High-meat diets produce …

Harris peeks at peppers on farm with climate change in mind
1 year, 11 months ago

Harris peeks at peppers on farm with climate change in mind

Associated Press  

LUSAKA, Zambia — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday traveled down a dirt road to tour a farm outside Zambia’s capital that’s using new techniques and technology to boost its vegetable crop as she highlighted ways to secure food supplies in an age of global warming. Unlike in the United States, where conversations about climate change usually revolve around replacing …

For real climate justice, it’s time for a food revolution
2 years ago

For real climate justice, it’s time for a food revolution

Al Jazeera  

Climate finance and innovation need to focus on agriculture – now – if the planet is to withstand global warming. Front-line countries simultaneously need more and better ways to adapt to new climate realities to keep food on the table and clean, sustainable solutions that limit emissions and ensure such adaptation remains possible. Climate change is already affecting farmers worldwide …

Global food system emissions imperil Paris climate goals
2 years ago

Global food system emissions imperil Paris climate goals

The Hindu  

The global food system's greenhouse gas emissions will add nearly one degree Celsius to Earth's surface temperatures by 2100 on current trends, obliterating Paris Agreement climate goals, scientists warned Monday. "Mitigating emissions from the food sector is essential to working toward a secure climate future," the study's lead author Catherine Ivanovich, a doctoral student at Columbia University in New York, …

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100
2 years ago

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100

Associated Press  

Greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans produce and consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to the Earth’s climate by 2100, according to a new study. “I think the biggest takeaway that I would want to have is the fact that methane emissions are really dominating the future warming associated with the food sector,” said Catherine C. …

Six foods that climate change is going to ruin
2 years, 1 month ago

Six foods that climate change is going to ruin

Salon  

We don't live in an agrarian society anymore, at least not here in the United States. "The full impact of climate change on the global food system is complex," Marie Cosquer, Advocacy Analyst on Food Systems and Climate Crisis for Action Against Hunger, wrote to Salon. "Coffee arabica is known to be specifically vulnerable to climate change impacts," Dr. Roman …

Climate Change & Food Inflation: One-Third of the Food Americans Buy Is Wasted
2 years, 3 months ago

Climate Change & Food Inflation: One-Third of the Food Americans Buy Is Wasted

The Quint  

About one-third of the food Americans buy is wasted, hurting the climate and consumers’ wallets Wasted food – and land, labor, chemicals, water and energy. Reducing wasted food could protect natural resources, save consumers money, reduce hunger and slow climate change. Developing meaningful interventions requires burrowing into the systems that make reducing food waste such a challenge for consumers, and …

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat
2 years, 5 months ago

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat

The Hindu  

Rolling crises linked to war, weather disasters and the pandemic have shaken global food systems and tipped millions into hunger and poverty. Others, like floods, can cause sudden "devastation of livelihoods and infrastructure", said Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor at Cornell University and a lead author of the UN's landmark IPCC report on climate impacts. Since then, record temperatures withered crops …

Most agriculture conservation spending doesn’t help climate, say findings
2 years, 6 months ago

Most agriculture conservation spending doesn’t help climate, say findings

Hindustan Times  

Farm conservation programs will need to dramatically shift funding priorities if they are to fulfill the key role combating climate change that the Biden administration promotes for them, according to an environmental group’s analysis of projects funded in recent years. Of the two largest conservation programs, one devoted less than a quarter of funds to projects the Agriculture Department deemed …

The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why
2 years, 6 months ago

The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why

NPR  

The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why Enlarge this image toggle caption Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Climate change and extreme weather events are fueling hunger, conflict and inequality at an unprecedented rate in the countries least equipped to deal with the impact, according to a new report released on Friday …

Can the rich tackle climate crisis by eating local food?
2 years, 9 months ago

Can the rich tackle climate crisis by eating local food?

Live Mint  

The desire by people in richer countries for a diverse range of out-of-season produce imported from overseas is driving up global greenhouse gas emissions, a new research has found. The results Researchers have found global food miles emissions to about 3 billion tonnes each year, or 19 per cent of total food emissions. Some 36 per cent of food transport …

The climate benefits of veganism and vegetarianism
2 years, 11 months ago

The climate benefits of veganism and vegetarianism

BBC  

The climate benefits of veganism and vegetarianism Alamy Swapping animal products for a plant-based diet can significantly lower emissions from your diet In a two-week experiment, BBC Future tracked emissions from a vegan, vegetarian and omnivorous diet – and found some thought-provoking ways to lower emissions from our food. "For vegetables, cooking can cause up to 80% of the climate …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
3 years ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Although Africa has contributed relatively …

Could Ethiopia’s ‘false banana’ be a wonder crop in face of the climate crisis?
3 years, 2 months ago

Could Ethiopia’s ‘false banana’ be a wonder crop in face of the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The climate crisis, exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, has increased food insecurity for millions of …

Rich Nations Can Enjoy 'Double Climate Dividend' by Switching to Plant-Based Diet: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Rich Nations Can Enjoy 'Double Climate Dividend' by Switching to Plant-Based Diet: Study

News 18  

This shift to a plant-based diet can help the world achieve its target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels and provide rich nations a “double climate dividend”, a new study has revealed. These countries including the United States, France, Australia, and Germany would enjoy the “double climate dividend” of lower emissions and more land for …

Veg diet and re-wilding could remove 100bn tonnes of carbon dioxide
3 years, 2 months ago

Veg diet and re-wilding could remove 100bn tonnes of carbon dioxide

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Almost 100 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide could be pulled out of the atmosphere by …

Plant based diet doubly good for climate: researchers
3 years, 2 months ago

Plant based diet doubly good for climate: researchers

NL Times  

A mainly plant-based diet can lead to double climate gains, according to a group of international researchers, including from Leiden University. In this way, people could theoretically remove nearly 100 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere this century, lead researcher Zhongxiao Sun of the China Agricultural University and his colleagues calculated. Or, as the researchers wrote in the scientific journal …

Food company Mars commits to accelerating action against climate change
3 years, 4 months ago

Food company Mars commits to accelerating action against climate change

NPR  

Food company Mars commits to accelerating action against climate change STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A company that may have made your Halloween candy or food for your dog wants to wipe out its effect on the climate. What we've done is we've gone from 1,500 suppliers of palm oil down to a hundred to really focus in. And that allows us …

To fight poverty, we need more climate action
3 years, 4 months ago

To fight poverty, we need more climate action

Al Jazeera  

With COP26 ongoing, much of the global climate discussion focuses on efforts to reduce and curb greenhouse gas emissions by turning to cleaner and more efficient energy. But as we continue to witness the devastating effects of climate change play out across the world, we need to pay closer attention to the solutions that will help us adapt to changes …

Meat and dairy role in climate crisis: World leaders ‘reckless’ for ignoring links
3 years, 4 months ago

Meat and dairy role in climate crisis: World leaders ‘reckless’ for ignoring links

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Government leaders are being “reckless and irresponsible” in ignoring the livestock sector’s effect on the …

Climate change is coming for the supermarket
3 years, 4 months ago

Climate change is coming for the supermarket

Salon  

Imagine a world in which supermarket shelves were void of corn-based products like corn flakes and polenta, while grains like rice and barley were pricier and the selection smaller. "Generally speaking, climate change will have largest negative impacts on regions situated at lower latitudes, tropical and subtropical countries as higher temperatures will push crops closer or beyond their temperature thresholds," …

Eating less red meat and more fruit and veg 'could increase life expectancy by eight months'
3 years, 5 months ago

Eating less red meat and more fruit and veg 'could increase life expectancy by eight months'

Daily Mail  

Reducing the consumption of red and processed meat and eating more fruit and vegetables could increase the average life expectancy by eight months, a new study suggests. Broken down by food type: - Animal-based food emissions contribute 57 per cent - Plant-based food emissions contribute 29 per cent - 'Non-food' utilisation such as cotton and rubber production contributes 14 per …

Animal products make up 57% of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
3 years, 6 months ago

Animal products make up 57% of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

Daily Mail  

Meat and dairy accounts for 57 per cent of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new computer modelling study. Overall, taking into account farmland, livestock and land use changes, global food production is responsible for 17.318 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, the authors say. Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods, including but not limited …

World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict, says UN Chief
3 years, 8 months ago

World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict, says UN Chief

India TV News  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that climate change and conflict are both a consequence and a driver of poverty, income inequality and food prices. Earlier this month, a UN report noted that up to 161 million more people faced hunger last year compared to 2019, with much of that widened suffering likely linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

’The problem of food waste is likely bigger than we thought’
3 years, 8 months ago

’The problem of food waste is likely bigger than we thought’

Live Mint  

More than 2 billion tons of food goes uneaten around the world, almost double than previously thought, according to a new report. Researchers for years have been trying to piece together data on the true extent of food waste, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says accounts for as much as 10% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. “The problem is …

The world's forgotten greenhouse gas
3 years, 9 months ago

The world's forgotten greenhouse gas

BBC  

The world's forgotten greenhouse gas Getty Images Agriculture is the principal source of N2O emissions from human activity Emissions of the greenhouse gas commonly known as laughing gas are soaring. Scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have estimated that nitrous oxide comprises roughly 6% of greenhouse gas emissions, and about three-quarters of those N2O emissions come from agriculture. …

This is how badly climate change has hurt food production
3 years, 11 months ago

This is how badly climate change has hurt food production

Al Jazeera  

A new study shows more than a fifth of global food output growth has been lost to climate change since the 1960s, while an estimated 34 million people live on the brink of famine. Climate change has been holding back food production for decades, with a new study showing that about 21% of growth for agricultural output was lost since …

Meeting climate goals ‘would save millions of lives every year’ through shift to healthier and greener diets
4 years, 1 month ago

Meeting climate goals ‘would save millions of lives every year’ through shift to healthier and greener diets

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Taking tougher action to meet the world’s climate goals could save millions of lives each …

Halting Fossil Fuel Use Won't Stop Earth From Warming Up and Gasses from Our Food are to Blame
4 years, 4 months ago

Halting Fossil Fuel Use Won't Stop Earth From Warming Up and Gasses from Our Food are to Blame

News 18  

Even if all fossil fuel emissions ended immediately, greenhouse gasses from the food we eat could drive global temperatures above internationally agreed warming limits, a new study has warned. The system to feed Earth’s 7.7 billion people accounts for nearly a third of global total greenhouse gas emissions, including from land clearing and deforestation, fertiliser use and livestock. “Fortunately, we …

World cannot meet toughest climate targets without eating less meat, study says
4 years, 4 months ago

World cannot meet toughest climate targets without eating less meat, study says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Without changing food systems, we’ll likely miss the 1.5C target in 30 to 45 years and the 2C target …

Chellie Pingree: Here's How The 2020 Election Will Affect Our Food Supply
4 years, 5 months ago

Chellie Pingree: Here's How The 2020 Election Will Affect Our Food Supply

Huff Post  

ILLUSTRATION: HUFFPOST VISUALS; PHOTO: MATTHEW WHALEN Chellie Pingree is committed to protecting the environment while putting food on the table. A lot of our agricultural policy could shift dramatically if we had a United States Department of Agriculture and a Congress that’s focused on tackling climate change and using agriculture as one of our tools, making farmers our partners and …

Climate change: Eating plants, not meat, could remove 16 years' worth of CO2 emissions by 2050
4 years, 6 months ago

Climate change: Eating plants, not meat, could remove 16 years' worth of CO2 emissions by 2050

Daily Mail  

Switching from eating 'land-hungry' meat and dairy produce to foodstuffs like beans, lentils and nuts could remove 16 years' worth of CO2 emissions by 2050. Switching from eating 'land-hungry' meat and dairy produce to foodstuffs like beans, lentils and nuts, pictured, could remove 16 year's worth of CO2 emissions by 2050, expert said 'The greatest potential for forest regrowth, and …

Scientists urge people to eat less meat amid declaration of climate emergency
5 years, 4 months ago

Scientists urge people to eat less meat amid declaration of climate emergency

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists are imploring members of the public to eat less …

Poor countries have to increase carbon footprint to address hunger: Study
5 years, 6 months ago

Poor countries have to increase carbon footprint to address hunger: Study

Hindustan Times  

Achieving a nutritious diet with adequate calories in developing countries will require a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions and water use, scientists reported Monday, calling on high-income countries to accelerate the adoption of plant-heavy diets. Keeve Nachman, the study’s senior author, told AFP that much of the conversation about mitigating the effects of climate change “fails to recognise that …

Land Clearing & Farming Add Majorly to Greenhouse Gases: UN Report
5 years, 7 months ago

Land Clearing & Farming Add Majorly to Greenhouse Gases: UN Report

The Quint  

The land plays a vital role in the carbon cycle, both by absorbing greenhouse gases and by releasing them into the atmosphere. Improving how we manage the land could reduce climate change at the same time as it improves agricultural sustainability, supports biodiversity, and increases food security. While the food system emits nearly a third of the world’s greenhouse gases …

Climate change is threatening the world's food supply, says new IPCC report
5 years, 7 months ago

Climate change is threatening the world's food supply, says new IPCC report

Firstpost  

Not everyone needs to become a vegetarian, much less vegan, to keep the planet from overheating, but it would surely make things easier if they did. With two billion more mouths to feed by mid-century, it cannot simply be scaled up without pushing Earth’s thermometer deep into the red zone, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “special report”. …

Land clearing, farming contribute a third of the world’s greenhouse gases: UN Report
5 years, 7 months ago

Land clearing, farming contribute a third of the world’s greenhouse gases: UN Report

Firstpost  

The report finds that there’s no way to stay within 2℃ warming without a significant drop in land-based emissions We can’t achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement without managing emissions from land use, according to a special report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. While the food system emits nearly a third of the world’s …

World Must Protect Land To Avoid Climate Disaster, New UN Report Warns
5 years, 7 months ago

World Must Protect Land To Avoid Climate Disaster, New UN Report Warns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Unsustainable land use and greenhouse gas emissions are delivering a one-two punch to natural ecosystems that are key to the fight against global climate change. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, the leading U.N. body of researchers studying human-caused global warming, warns that the unfolding crisis poses a serious threat to global …

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