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That dystopian hellscape keeping you up at night? It’s less likely than you think

Grist

Take the best-selling book, The Uninhabitable Earth. If the Arctic permafrost melts away, releasing all its stored methane, and if the global thermostat turns out to be especially sensitive to greenhouse gases, the world could warm to RCP 8.5 Are we safe or are we doomed? degrees,” Fransen said.

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How Riverford is balancing, risk, resilience, and regenerative farming in drought-hit Devon

Business Green

George Monbiot's latest book, Regenesis , is the latest in a string of studies to warn how essentially extractive agricultural practices are damaging soils and biodiversity to such an extent that food security is being threatened. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness. The chief impediment is that the gain is private, yet the cost is public.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. This is a summary of the book ‘Kweekvlees, Fake Vlees & Pizza’s uit de Printer’ from Sebastiaan van de Water. Loss of biodiversity.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 We have access to myriad documentaries and books aimed at increasing awareness. The chief impediment is that the gain is private, yet the cost is public.

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Does he want his premiership to be remembered as pioneering and bold - or left out of the history books because he was no match for the task at hand?". Key to keeping 1.5C ‘alive' will be a marked reduction in the release of highly-potent methane emissions, which could rapidly slow temperature rise.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are no longer adequate to meet social needs. Loss in biodiversity may limit discovery of potential treatments for many diseases and health problems.” ” – Biodiversity and Health , WHO.