Climate change is threatening the world's food supply, says new IPCC report
5 years, 4 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”. “Today’s IPCC report identifies the enormous impact that our dietary choices have on the environment,” commented Alan Dangour, a nutrition and global health expert at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Besides “coarse grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds,” that “balanced diet” also includes “animal-sourced food produced in resilient, sustainable and low greenhouse gas emission systems,” the report concluded. “We are suggesting a more balanced diet that has roughly 100 grammes per person per week of red meat — a single serving once a week rather than every day,” co-author Johan Rockstrom, former director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Impacts, told AFP.

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Climate change is making plants less nutritious
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Climate change is making plants less nutritious

The Hindu  

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Rising carbon, falling nutrients Research has already shown that climate change is causing nutrient dilution in human food crops. In contrast, locusts prefer carbon-rich plants, so rising carbon dioxide levels could cause increases in locust outbreaks. More research is needed to understand …

There’s a biodiversity crisis and our food system is driving it | All Hail
1 month ago

There’s a biodiversity crisis and our food system is driving it | All Hail

Al Jazeera  

The staggering impact our global food system is having on the planet’s biodiversity. When most of us think about species’ extinction, the images that come to mind are of big predators like tigers or bears that are endangered, or vast swaths of forest habitat being razed along with the creatures in it. But look a little closer and you’ll soon …

Climate change threatens global food supply: Scientists sound alarm
1 month 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 …

BHU team designs new model to show how climate change will cause food scarcity
1 month, 1 week ago

BHU team designs new model to show how climate change will cause food scarcity

India Today  

A new study by researchers at Banaras Hindu University has unveiled a mathematical model that explores the complex relationships between rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, global temperatures, human population, and crop growth. The model, incorporating both autonomous and nonautonomous systems, captures the nonlinear dynamics between these factors, revealing critical thresholds beyond which crop yields may significantly decline. AK Misra, one …

Climate change could take your favorite dishes off the Thanksgiving table
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Climate change could take your favorite dishes off the Thanksgiving table

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. Ensuring farmers and ranchers can sustainably grow food on a changing planet is the key to maintaining abundant, safe …

Experts address climate change impact on agri-food systems at PAU, Ludhiana
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Experts address climate change impact on agri-food systems at PAU, Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

Experts from the United States and Kenya explored critical aspects of climate change and its impact on agri-food systems during the second day of the international conference on “Transforming Agri-food Systems in the Face of Climate Change and Energy Transitions.” The global discussion is being held at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Dwelling upon AFS’ deep dependence on fossil fuels, Patrick …

Ludhiana: Global dialogue on climate change to begin from Nov 12 at agri varsity
2 months ago

Ludhiana: Global dialogue on climate change to begin from Nov 12 at agri varsity

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab Agricultural University in collaboration with the Indian Ecological Society will organise an international conference on “Transforming Agrifood Systems in the Face of Climate Changes and Energy Transitions.” The workshop will begin on November 12 and conclude on November 15. At the conference, the scientists from international organisations will discuss the pressing issues of climate change and its impact …

How we grow food affects the climate. Here are solutions communities are taking to help
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How we grow food affects the climate. Here are solutions communities are taking to help

NPR  

How we grow food affects the climate. Here are solutions communities are taking to help toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. As NPR's climate solutions reporter Julia Simon puts it, "modern agriculture is a big driver of climate change. Some solutions start by honoring indigenous knowledge As the …

NPR’s “Climate Solutions Week: The Future of Food”
4 months ago

NPR’s “Climate Solutions Week: The Future of Food”

NPR  

NPR’s “Climate Solutions Week: The Future of Food” toggle caption NPR/NPR September 9, 2024; Washington, D.C. — Today, NPR is launching its second Climate Solutions Week highlighting the connections between food and climate change. “Climate Solutions Week: The Future of Food” will feature stories on broadcast shows, podcasts, and NPR.org, looking at how the food we eat affects the climate …

Climate Solutions Week: The future of food
4 months ago

Climate Solutions Week: The future of food

NPR  

Climate Solutions Week: The future of food Jackie Lay/NPR September 9-15, 2024 Climate experts say when it comes to global warming, pay attention to what we eat. We'll explore how we grow food, what we're shopping for in the grocery store and cooking, what we're eating, and what we end up throwing away. Sponsor Message Reporting teams across the NPR …

A more varied diet would help the world’s economy as well as its health
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A more varied diet would help the world’s economy as well as its health

Salon  

More than 75% of the food consumed in the world today comes from just 12 plant and five animal species. Diversifying the plant and animal species from which our food comes is certainly a sensible starting point, but diversity needs to become the key principle in how we organize the entire food system. Varied farming landscapes can promote more local …

UK food security hit by climate impacts at home and abroad, analysis warns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UK food security hit by climate impacts at home and abroad, analysis warns

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 British food security is being hit by a double whammy of climate change impacts at …

Assessing the impact of the climate crisis on public health and nutrition security
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assessing the impact of the climate crisis on public health and nutrition security

Hindustan Times  

The climate crisis poses a significant risk to global food security. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting precipitation patterns impact food production, disrupting food supply chains, increasing food prices, and diminishing food safety. Health care At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2023, key players agreed to unlock crucial funding, particularly for the loss and damage fund, to …

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day
9 months, 1 week 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 Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
1 year ago

The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change

Wired  

There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. To be a farmer right now—or an agronomist or an agricultural economist—is to recognize how closely those weird weather events are linked to climate change. In fact, when the United Nations Climate Change Summit, known as COP28, ran in Dubai earlier this month, it featured a 134-country pact to integrate planning …

How climate change affects farming and food security
1 year, 1 month 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 …

COP28 presidency mobilizes $2.5 bn to support food-climate agenda
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28 presidency mobilizes $2.5 bn to support food-climate agenda

Live Mint  

Dubai: A fund aiming to promote food security while combatting climate change mobilized $2.5 billion on the second day of the global climate summit on Friday. “There is no path to achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and keeping 1.5 degree Celcius within reach, that does not urgently address the interactions between food systems, agriculture, and climate,” Mariam …

Major United Nations climate summit will take aim at reducing meat consumption worldwide
1 year, 1 month ago

Major United Nations climate summit will take aim at reducing meat consumption worldwide

Salon  

It has been announced that reducing meat consumption is the one of the United Nation's Food & Agriculture Organization's top goals in coming years, which will be discussed at length at the COP28 summit in Dubai in December. As Agnieszska de Sousa writes in Bloomburg, "nations that over-consume meat will be advised to limit their intake, while developing countries — …

Climate change may impact foodgrains production up to 47% by 2080: ICAR-DG
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change may impact foodgrains production up to 47% by 2080: ICAR-DG

The Hindu  

There is a need to address climate risks through adaptation and bring immediate benefits by reducing the adverse impacts of climate change, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje has said. On CRA, she said it would encompass adaptation and co-benefits of adaptation strategies to meet many challenges posed by climate change. Climatic extremes Director General …

The Rise Of Plant-Based Diets: Navigating The Green Food Revolution
1 year, 4 months ago

The Rise Of Plant-Based Diets: Navigating The Green Food Revolution

ABP News  

New Delhi: Recent years have seen a seismic shift in the culinary landscape as more people than ever embrace a plant-based diet. As the world becomes increasingly aware of the impact of food choices on personal well-being and the planet, a plant-based diet has emerged as a powerful response to these concerns. Cultural cuisine includes a plant-based diet Cultural cuisines …

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System
1 year, 5 months ago

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System

News 18  

A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering. The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world, with UN agencies warning of an increasing number of people suffering from chronic hunger. “Global …

What makes South Asia so vulnerable to climate change?
1 year, 6 months ago

What makes South Asia so vulnerable to climate change?

Al Jazeera  

Extreme weather events in the world’s most populous and one of the poorest sub regions susceptible to food insecurity, displacement and diseases. Food insecurity For thousands of years, South Asia was seen as the world’s “granary” for agriculture – a region with weather patterns well-suited for growing crops, Pakistan-based climate scientist Fahad Saeed told Al Jazeera. Environmentalist Anjal Prakash said …

For real climate justice, it’s time for a food revolution
1 year, 9 months 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 …

CO2 rise won’t just affect crops: Prof. Lewis H. Ziska
1 year, 9 months ago

CO2 rise won’t just affect crops: Prof. Lewis H. Ziska

The Hindu  

Lewis H. Ziska, associate professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, had to quit the U.S. Department of Agriculture after 25 years of service in 2019 to protest interference by the Trump administration in his research on the negative effects of rising carbon dioxide on nutritional composition of rice. Will shifting focus from sea level rise to plant …

Global food system emissions imperil Paris climate goals
1 year, 10 months 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, …

Six foods that climate change is going to ruin
1 year, 11 months 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 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 …

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change
2 years, 2 months ago

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

Al Jazeera  

COP27 delegates will be relying on UN climate science agency studies to make decisions about future energy plans. At the COP27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the UN climate science agency to sway decisions about future energy plans and global warming trajectories. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produces reports roughly …

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat
2 years, 2 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 …

Weather this summer ‘threatens global food supplies’, scientists warn
2 years, 4 months ago

Weather this summer ‘threatens global food supplies’, scientists warn

The Independent  

Extreme weather this summer has slashed harvest forecasts, with experts warning that it could exacerbate the global food crisis. In a written briefing, an international group of experts warned that climate-driven extremes, such as heatwaves, flooding and drought, further threaten global food supplies already impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The situation also offers an insight into what the future …

Experts link recent drop in wheat production to climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

Experts link recent drop in wheat production to climate change

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The year so far ranks among the worst for Ali, a 75-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh who lost 35 per cent of the wheat crop he sowed in his two-hectare field due to the heatwave. “I sowed the wheat seeds in December-end and harvested it in April, but the heatwave witnessed in March led to a loss of …

Wheat production drop: Experts link to climate change, urge India to take it up at COP27
2 years, 4 months ago

Wheat production drop: Experts link to climate change, urge India to take it up at COP27

India TV News  

Wheat Production drop: The year so far ranks among the worst for Ali, a 75-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh who lost 35 per cent of the wheat crop he sowed in his two-hectare field due to the heatwave. "I sowed the wheat seeds in December-end and harvested it in April, but the heatwave witnessed in March led to a loss …

Reimagining climate-resilient food systems in a post-pandemic world
2 years, 4 months ago

Reimagining climate-resilient food systems in a post-pandemic world

Hindustan Times  

Thinking about the future of global food systems has now become more critical than ever. Climate change impacts—among them, shifts in soil quality, precipitation, pest regimes, seasonal growth patterns, along with land degradation and reduction in biodiversity—have impacted agricultural and aquatic food production systems across the world. Indeed, the causal links between climate change and food security are manifesting more …

Opinion: The ‘cheap food’ era could soon be over. Here’s what comes next
2 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: The ‘cheap food’ era could soon be over. Here’s what comes next

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Tim Benton is Director of the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images Adding to the crisis, Russia’s deliberate blockade of Odesa’s ports is preventing the grain harvested last year being shipped from Ukraine to import-dependent countries like Egypt, Libya and Somalia – all now in desperate need. By impeding the flow of grain from …

Can the rich tackle climate crisis by eating local food?
2 years, 6 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 …

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way
2 years, 7 months ago

World Environment Day: Giving nature the right of way

Live Mint  

On my last field visit to the Aravallis, a curiously bright creature ran over my toes. Just this year, fires have seared the forests of the Sariska tiger reserve, cyclone Asani has brushed past east India, and decadal heat records have been shattered. It is interesting, then, that India is attempting to change its suite of environmental laws, including the …

Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report
2 years, 7 months ago

Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report

The Hindu  

India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 due to climate change, says a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute on climate change and food systems. These projections are part of a model that was used to evaluate the impact of climate change on aggregate food …

Farmers Can Play a Big Role in Addressing Climate Change. Climate-Smart Agriculture is The Only Way Forward
2 years, 8 months ago

Farmers Can Play a Big Role in Addressing Climate Change. Climate-Smart Agriculture is The Only Way Forward

News 18  

Punjab and Haryana’s farmers’ obsession with unsustainable big cereals wheat and paddy has begun to hurt, as returns diminish. According to a report tabled in parliament by the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture in August 2017, “the climate change is expected to reduce rice production by 6 to 8 per cent by 2022.” One degree Celsius rise in minimum or …

How ‘alternative proteins’ can help us avert climate catastrophe
2 years, 9 months ago

How ‘alternative proteins’ can help us avert climate catastrophe

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As Western …

Scarce food, stricken cities: IPCC sounds another climate warning
2 years, 10 months ago

Scarce food, stricken cities: IPCC sounds another climate warning

The Hindu  

The story so far: On February 27, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a major report that reviewed the scientific evidence on natural, ecological, social and economic spheres, concluding that climate change has already produced irreversible losses and damage to land, coastal and marine ecosystems. This new report, which assesses the prospects for the planet if global average surface …

Latest IPCC report warns of "unavoidable" climate hazards
2 years, 10 months ago

Latest IPCC report warns of "unavoidable" climate hazards

The Hindu  

The world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5°C and even temporarily exceeding this warming level would mean additional, severe impacts, some of which will be irreversible, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was made public on Monday. Our actions today will shape how people adapt …

Ploughing a new channel for India’s food systems
2 years, 10 months ago

Ploughing a new channel for India’s food systems

The Hindu  

In an effort to spur national and regional action to deliver the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals through transforming food systems, the UN Food Systems Summit called for action by governments in five areas: nourish all people; boost nature-based solutions; advance equitable livelihoods, decent work and empowered communities; build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses; and accelerate the means …

Could Ethiopia’s ‘false banana’ be a wonder crop in face of the climate crisis?
2 years, 11 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
2 years, 11 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 …

Plant based diet doubly good for climate: researchers
2 years, 11 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 …

COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems
3 years, 1 month ago

COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems

The Hindu  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12, 2021 with a huge gathering, generating headlines, criticisms, and some commitments. The climate crisis will impact food production and livelihoods but also, as per the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, threaten nutrition through multi-breadbasket failures. Adaptation finance The recent pledges made by the …

Five supermarket bosses commit to halve environmental impact by 2030
3 years, 2 months ago

Five supermarket bosses commit to halve environmental impact by 2030

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. WWF chief executive Tanya Steele said that it will …

Alter food system to avoid climate risks
3 years, 2 months ago

Alter food system to avoid climate risks

China Daily  

By Fan Shenggen and Meng Ting | China Daily | Updated: 2021-11-01 06:40 Editor's note: The ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, United Kingdom, could prompt countries to make concerted efforts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Five experts share their views on the issue with China Daily: MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The global food system faces major …

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger
3 years, 2 months ago

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger

Hindustan Times  

This year’s World Food Day finds us at a critical moment. Last month’s UN Food Systems Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, mapped out the broad outlines of how the world needs to move forward to transform agri-food systems. A groundbreaking World Food Forum was successfully convened here in the Italian capital early this month, powered by the …

Eating less red meat and more fruit and veg 'could increase life expectancy by eight months'
3 years, 2 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 …

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