Chefs calling for a periodic table of food - better nutrition information for a diversity of traditional food Dr. Roy Steiner #eatlancetcommission

2024 will be a double whammy on biodiversity and food with publications of the ipbes nexus assessment on food, biodiversity, health and water & eat-lancet 2.0

Kicking off EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0! Food is ate the heart of civilization and out single best bet to tackle health, inequities and environmental degradation #eatlancetcommission

A fifth planetary boundary is exceeded: chemical pollution Johan Rockström lemonde.fr/planete/articl… via Le Monde

cost of inaction is greater than the cost of action: 'political leaders gripped by vaccine , climate and economic nationalism are manifestly lacking the “community of purpose” their citizens and the world need in this moment of crisis'. Johan Rockström theguardian.com/global-develop…

It's World Food Day! I'm at the World Expo in Dubai focusing on food and its impact on the five securities: food, nutrition, climate, environmental and livelihood security EAT

I don't like taxes, but I like climate change even less. This is the kind of action that we need. Europe Plans Aggressive New Laws to Phase Out Fossil Fuels nytimes.com/2021/07/13/cli…

That a species with individuals that live 4000+ years lost 10% of its population in a single fire, gives one pause as to how close we are to environmental tipping points. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j… Johan Rockström

UN Summit on Food, focusing on near-vegan diet, is asking for other ideas. The agenda here seems already set but perhaps it's worth a try?

The pandemic could have been the decisive moment in the fight against climate change. Instead, some of the biggest fossil fuel-producing countries are injecting taxpayer money into propping up polluting industries. cnn.com/interactive/20… Johan Rockström Gunhild A. Stordalen

Global #biodiversity trends are declining, but “Living in harmony with Nature” – the @CBD vision for 2050 – advocates for upward trends. Halting losses and setting #nature on a recovery course is what #BendingTheCurve is about tinyurl.com/y3c3ocrv 3/n

For context: among the long list of curves that need to change shape or course, we talk about global biodiversity loss 2/n

Thrilled to share our article – huge collaborative effort, suggesting that #BendingTheCurve on #biodiversity loss from land use change by 2050 AND feeding the world might be possible. Read-only free access: rdcu.be/b6Zf2. IIASA Thread 1/n
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how illogical is our food system? France authorizes return of toxic neocotinoid pesticide to save sugar beet production; sugar is massively over produced with its overconsumption driving poor dietary health. We're poisoning our fields to poison our plates EAT Johan Rockström

It should be deeply worrisome that we’re at a point where replacing pollinators is suggested to be a better solution than restoring them via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2020/06/17/sci…

How about we restore pollinator habitat in Ag lands as a real and resilient solution rather than kid ourselves with soap bubbles? #realsolutionsplease ⁦EAT⁩ With bees in short supply, soap bubbles could assist with pollination, study finds
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I don’t get why this goods news headline is written as a bad news headline? BP warns of $17.5 billion hit as pandemic accelerates move away from oil
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I completely agree Roger, this is not a helpful headline. 40% of the worlds land is ag, if that is not potential then I don't know what is. We've set clear targets for climate and ag, its time to innovate in regenerative agriculture to meet those targets. Thats potential.

Brent Loken Dr. Jonathan Foley World Resources Inst Every time you see “limited potential” in a story about climate mitigation, I want you to think:

“How can I beat that limitation?”

Don’t give up, get to work.

via ⁦The New York Times⁩ absolutely Orwellian: “Over past three years, we have fulfilled promises to provide certainty for local governments, delivering on Trump’s commitment to return EPA to its core mission: Providing cleaner air, water & land to Americans. nytimes.com/interactive/20…