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Source:.1. Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2°C climate change targets, by Michael A. Clark et al. 2. Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions, by M. Crippa et al. 3. Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation, by Gabrielle Kissinger. 4. Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries, by Bruce M. Campbell.
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Why are food emissions ignored at COP26? Agricultural emissions will cause more than 1.5°C warming, even if fossil fuel emissions are stopped overnight, says a report from a team of researchers at Oxford University1 UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, UN Development Programme and UN Environment Programme found that government • subsidies of $470 billion (£341 billion) each year to farming directly relate to $12 trillion (£8 • trillion) a year in harm to health and the environment, and this is
more than the value of the food produced. Food systems cause a third of greenhouse emissions2 , 80% of deforestation 3 and 70% of biodiversity loss 4. Why is one industry given a carte blanche on decimating the planet? COP26 must be the opportunity for world governments to divert
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the current perverse subsidies from animal agriculture to a sustainable food system: supporting healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables, facilitating reduction in meat and dairy consumption, reforesting, implementing other measures that • positively benefit the environment and leaving a sustainable planet for future generations. Bowing to pressure from countries like Brazil and • Argentina to water down the need for reducing meat and dairy consumption, removing support for a shift to a plant-based diet, or not calling beef a ‘high-carbon’ food, deleting references to taxes on red meat and campaigns such as the ‘Meatless Monday’ shows only too well why greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, deforestation goes unchecked and why some experts are calling the current crisis an ‘ecological annihilation‘. As people wait for government policies to change, individuals can make a huge difference to ensure that change happens sooner. In the new documentary, Eating Our Way To Extinction, narrated by Academy-Award-winning actress
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• Kate Winslet, she says: “This film shows us that we can be powerful, not powerless”. The film uncovers hard truths about the future of the planet; a timely new documentary that is hard-hitting and a visually stunning film experience. This powerful documentary allows audiences to question their everyday choices, industry leaders and governments. Featuring a wealth of world-renowned contributors, it has a message of hope that will empower audiences. Rather than bowing to industry pressure, consumers can use their power on the food purchases that they make each day, because the
single most meaningful change people can make in the wake of these planetary crises, is choosing what ends up on their plates each day.
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