How our current food systems are causing climate catastrophe
The way we choose to eat and to grow our food is becoming environmental suicide. Globally, food systems contribute about a third of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Food and the climate crisis are locked in a tangled web of cause and effect. Globally, food systems...
Dealing with climate change will require “vast global revolution”, says environmental strategist
Historian and environmental strategist, Evaggelos Vallianatos, says revolution is inevitable if world leaders refuse to deal with fossil-fuel companies. Is it possible President Joe Biden and the oil and gas companies can work out a new deal on climate? But how could...
Mandatory carbon footprint labels could create awareness, say UK climate activists
Labelling food items with their calculated carbon footprint could encourage consumers to shop with sustainability in mind. The government is under increasing pressure to make carbon footprint labels on restaurant menus in the UK ‘mandatory’.It follows the extreme...
UK start-up is making sustainable palm oil in a lab
Palm oil is used in most foods for preservation, but the process by which it is acquired is one of the most harmful for the environment and wildlife. United Kingdom-based startup Clean Food Group has completed a £1.65 million (US$2 million) seed funding round that...
Climate change isn’t a left-wing issue – it concerns all of us
Societal perspectives on climate change may be a hinderance to progress. Businesses need to see themselves as a part of solution. It’s been called a “global emergency that goes beyond national borders” and described as “the biggest threat to security that modern...
