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

GreenBiz

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Food loss and waste is another big environmental topic.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. According to Project Drawdown, eating a plant-based diet is "the most important contribution every individual can make to reversing global warming." Manager Sustainability and ESG, JetBlue; New York .

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

AGreenLiving

The way the world produces and consumes food causes huge environmental impacts, and yet 3 billion people worldwide are unable to afford a healthy diet, and up to a third of the food we produce is wasted. Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Food loss and waste is another big environmental topic.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Although this level was not defined by the convention, the aim was to allow ecosystems and society to adapt naturally to climate change, which means slowing global warming down. In addition, several states have their own more demanding legislation in place, such as California’s and Massachusetts’ Global Warming Solutions Act.

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In focus: How to push climate resilience up the corporate agenda

Business Green

As today's latest report from the Climate Change Committee makes clear, the UK government has wasted much of the last decade singularly failing to improve the country's climate resilience. That figure could rise further with more dangerous levels of global warming."

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

AGreenLiving

We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. According to Project Drawdown, eating a plant-based diet is “the most important contribution every individual can make to reversing global warming.”

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

UNEP is among the group of official bodies that fear these impacts could create feedback loops, whereby a warming climate puts more pressure on terrestrial ecosystems, leading to more emissions, and in turn more warming. Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures," the agency states. "At