WRI Food’s Post

Very true, the global food system is the back bone of the future of humanity on earth. Hence the need to invest in climate resilient crops for food sustainability to insure food security for humanity on earth. Crops such as cassava, millet and sorghum just to mention a few do not need heavy rains for them to thrive.

Although many problems persist with “regenerative” livestock agriculture, shifting towards plant-protein dominant regenerative & agro-forestry based systems is a no-brainer. Enabling the natural carbon cycle while protecting topsoil and the myriad microorganisms we depend on for healthy natural food systems is a key necessity as we move forward this century. Intensive & extractive agricultural practices worsened by synthetic fertilisers must all be phased out as quickly and decisively as the inevitable energy-system fossil fuel phase out too. Many nitrogen-based fertilisers are manufactured using the Haber-Bosch process, which demands vast quantities of liquid methane gas in order to produce these. Not only do synthetic fertilisers destroy soil, and lead to the toxic eutrophication of waterways and rivers - their manufacturing also produces massive amounts of climate-warming emissions. Humans rely on healthy systems, and healthy systems rely on healthy inputs. In order to help ourselves we must help the ground beneath our feet first.

"A shift towards a more sustainable global food system could create up to $10 Trillion (£7.9tn) of benefits a year, improve human health and ease the climate crisis, according to the most comprehensive economic study of its type". Let's all get behind this. The solutions are here now! The study referenced in the article below found that "existing food systems destroyed more value than they created due to hidden environmental and medical costs, in effect, borrowing from the future to take profits today". Join ThePivot.Earth to learn how we are helping this shift to re-localize food systems to create thriving living #healthysoil, diverse balanced #microbiome, #regenerate #mothernature, heal all #livingbeings and create #thrivingcommuities.

Together for a healthier planet! 💚 We are happy to announce that Klimato and Plant Based Treaty are partnering up to accelerate our joint mission to further raise public awareness of the environmental cost of food. Honesty and transparency in eco-labelling of food offers a huge potential to shift both consumer food choices and the manufacturing processes to climate friendly plant based foods. Using a data-driven approach, Klimato is working to reduce the global impact of food by helping businesses to calculate, track and report their food-related climate impact. The food system accounts for about one third of all global Greenhouse gas emissions. However, by shifting our eating habits towards a more plant based diet, we can cut all these emissions in half and restore crucial ecosystems at risk. Plant Based Treaty is working towards spreading this important message, and now, together with Klimato - we are educating a global food system in transition by quantifying the impact of one’s food choices. Together we can make a difference - one meal at a time 🌍

On my way to an all day conference at Christiansborg to discuss a plant-centric future of danish and EU food system. Thanks Frederik Madsen Plantebranchen Daniel Barrera Madsen Plantebaseret Videnscenter Saoirse McKeever Andersen Dansk Erhverv Ida Auken Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl Martin Keller and many more for taking up this important topic 🙌 Discussing how to transform the food system with sustainable, healthy plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat is important. Climate change is among the greatest threats to #climate, #biodiversity, #foodsafety, and the #economy, and transitioning to a plant-centric food system is an important paths to achieve climate change mitigation. Ensuring policies that drive this transition is imminent 🌾 https://lnkd.in/eiZB8HVy, the conference is fully booked - showing the great interest in the plant-based transition 👏 #plantbasedfood #plantbasedtransition #plantsforsustainablefuture

Key learnings from Week 1 of the Food Systems & Climate Change Resilience Course: - Fundamental principles and approaches to climate impact modelling - Scenario approaches, which involve identifying critical uncertain drivers of change and envisaging how these might shape alternative future food systems #FoodSystems #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Resilience

The world needs a new way of doing food -- from how we grow it to how we eat it (or don't). This much I gathered from Jonathan Foley's talk today on why food matters in our fight against climate change. 🌽 In its current state, our food system does not feed everyone in the world, and it continues to cause more environmental harm. 🧩As a systems person, this sounds like a broken system . . . or at least an inequitable one that needs updating. 🌽 In terms of Greenhouse Gas emissions, FOOD (agriculture & land use) contributes ~22% of GHG. 🐮 But actually this sector causes GHG emissions in others too, totaling ~34% together, and still growing. This is why Project Drawdown is starting an initiative this year focused on bringing new solutions to our food system, something near and dear to my heart (stomach) and I'm sure many of yours. I'm excited to learn more and to contribute where I can too. Current drawdown on food systems: https://lnkd.in/dbMEBbWk [Graphs taken from Jonathan's presentation]

Transforming the global Food and Agriculture system is such a critical challenge and one that doesn’t get covered in mainstream media nearly enough. The latest report from Jonathan Foley and Project Drawdown lays out the staggering impact Food and Agriculture has our planet. (Link to full report in the comments) One critical area to address within this larger system is Food Waste, which the IPCC has estimated accounts for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To put that into perspective: - GHG emissions from food waste are nearly THREE TIMES (3x) the amount of global emissions from aviation! - If emissions from global food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third largest emitter. Only China (21%) and the United States (13%) emit more. As I’ve explored ways to address food waste systemically, the role of supply chain intervention has become increasingly evident — almost one-quarter (24%) of food’s emissions come from food that is lost in supply chains or wasted by consumers. To that end, one of the areas I am currently researching (and actively seeking roles in) is upstream interventions and solutions in the Food & Ag supply chain to reduce food waste. If you or anyone you know are working in this space, I would love to connect. As Johnathan Foley clearly states: “if you want to address climate change, rethinking agriculture should be near the top of the list.”