The food industry's fingerprints were all over the solutions touted at the UN climate summit last month, campaigners and NGOs sayIn some ways, this year's UN climate summit held in Egypt was all about food. In the context of crop failures and food insecurity, due to extreme weather and dwindling diversity, as well as rising food prices exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine and the tight grip of corporate monopolies - Cop27 included the first ever day dedicated to food and climate. Scientists are clear that the interconnected climate, environmental and food crises require bold transformative action to drastically reduce greenhouse gases and improve resilience. Food systems produce a third of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Cattle ranching is the main driver of Amazon rainforest loss, while industrialized food production is the biggest threat to 86% of the world's species at risk of extinction. Continue reading...
The food emissions 'solutions' alarming experts after Cop27
7. prosince 2022 12:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/07/false-food-solutions-experts-climate-cop27
Zdroj: The Guardian