Call for global shift to plant-based diets at pre-COP30 summit
A global initiative calling for a transition to plant-based diets was introduced at the UN’s pre-COP30 climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. The Belém Declaration on Plant-Rich Diets, which has garnered support from over 100 signatories, including prominent...
UN member states urged to create national plans for plant-based diets
Regional government leaders, activists and stakeholders at the Bonn Climate Change Conference have signed a declaration calling on UN member states to create national plans to promote plant-based diets. With the spotlight shining brightly on COP30 host Brazil’s beef...
How to help insects survive in a changing world
From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild for insects impacted by a climate-changed world. Insects are in trouble. Around the world, scientists are reporting catastrophic declines in their...
Hollywood Climate Summit urges better food storytelling
If we want to change how we eat, grow and distribute food, we need stories that move beyond the plate and into the systems that shape it. While Hollywood productions are becoming more climate-aware, both on-screen and behind the scenes, one area continues to elude the...
Climate change causing insect populations to collapse
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides. Daniel Janzen only began watching the insects – truly watching them – when his ribcage was...
