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From August 20th 2018 when Greta Thunberg first skipped school to protest for more action on climate change, to one of the largest movements of climate change activism across the world, the Fridays For Future movement resulted in 2019 being termed the “year of the climate strike“. Reuters present a timeline of the growth of Greta’s individual protest to global movement of activism.
This landmark IPCC report considers plant-based diets as a significant opportunity for reducing emissions, and includes reducing meat consumption as a policy recommendation.
Reducing food waste and improving farming practices (e.g. to halt soil damage and desertification) are also discussed as vital steps in protecting our food system and environment.
IPCC Co-Chair, Eduardo Calvo Buendía, said:
“The food system as a whole, which includes food production and processing, transport, retail consumption, loss and waste is currently responsible for up to a third of our global greenhouse gas emissions”.