OP-ED: We urgently need to change how our food is produced, distributed, wasted and consumed to avoid climate chaos

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Beyond being a major cause of climate change, the industrialised food system has externalised the cost of malnutrition and disease. It pollutes the air, water and soil through the mass application of pesticides and artificial fertilisers, and it is the ...

We urgently need to change how our food is produced, distributed, wasted and consumed to avoid climate chaosWe urgently need to change how our food is produced, distributed, wasted and consumed to avoid climate chaos by Andrew Bennie, Daily Maverick August 28, 2022 To avoid the worst effects of climate change and secure a liveable planet, global temperature rises since pre-industrial times must be limited to 1.5°C. This means we have to halve global emissions by 2030.

This article first appeared on Daily Maverick and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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Oh no, not you too with the climate change bollocks. How much were you paid?

Yay let's all begin to eat insects

*Pollution not climate change, climate is never the same

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