The world is too dependent on the Gulf states for energy and fertiliser.
- British Academy Global Professor, Future of Food, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
With so many influential people in the room, the hope was to see a tipping point in the engagement of political, faith, business and cultural leaders.
Why climate models miss what matters most: our wellbeing.
By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.
Our best chance of stabilising our climate and adapting to the changes ahead lies in protecting and actively restoring nature.
By phasing out sugar, we could spare land that could be rewilded and stock up on carbon. Sugar could also be used to produce biofuels and bioplastics.
Meat is cheaper than it should be – and alternatives are more expensive.
Why countries need to shift what their citizens eat, and what the optimum diet for our planet might be. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Delays on climate action to reduce emissions means that we may have to consider technologies that strip carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But that will come at a cost.
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