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Tag: Sustainable Food Systems

UN Agencies Call For Urgent Action To Avert Famine Risk In 20 ‘Hunger Hotspots’

03/24/2021 Don Wallace

Famine is already on the doorstep of millions of families in 20 countries, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday in a report that calls for urgent action…

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Posted in: Climate, Food, Policy Filed under: Famine, International Policy, Sustainable Food Systems

Food Systems Account For Over One-Third Of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

03/10/2021 Don Wallace

Food system emissions were estimated at 18 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015, or 34 per cent, though down from…

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Posted in: Food Filed under: Greenhouse Gasses, Sustainable Food Systems

FROM THE FIELD: Poor And Vulnerable Bear Brunt Of Climate Change

02/24/2021 Don Wallace

People living in low-income countries are at least four times more likely to be displaced by extreme weather compared to…

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Posted in: Climate, Food, Policy Filed under: Human Security, International Policy, Social Equity, Sustainable Food Systems

KKFI 90.1 FM Climate Hour Talks about Sustainable Food

01/01/2021 Bob Grove

Join Climate Council partners on KKFI 90.1 FM’s Climate Hour, this Thursday at 7pm central, to discuss how our food…

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Posted in: Climate, Food, Recycling Filed under: Composting, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Food Systems, Sustainable Living

Sustainable Food

03/02/2020 Jailyn Settles

To prevent catastrophic climate change, there needs to be a change in the way we use our land and what…

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Posted in: Food Filed under: Sustainable Food Systems

Questions about Climate Change and Food Get Addressed

05/02/2019 Don Wallace

The world’s food system is responsible for about a fourth of the greenhouse gases, which humans generate that are leading…

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Posted in: Climate, Food Filed under: Food Choices, Sustainable Food Systems

Chief of UN Food and Agriculture Organization calls on world’s mayors to make ‘global commitments local realities’

02/20/2019 Don Wallace

It is important to make “global commitments local realities,” José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),…

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Posted in: Climate, Food Filed under: International Policy, Sustainable Food Systems

Food choices impact health of people and planet

02/07/2019 Don Wallace

According to a new report by the EAT-Lancet Commission, launched Feb. 5 at the UN Headquarters the food we consume…

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Posted in: Food Filed under: Paris, Sustainable Food Systems, UNEP

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