Earth Can't Afford Our Food Bill

A new report from European think tank, EAT, “Diets for a Better Future”, says if foods typically consumed in G20 countries were adopted globally, we would exceed three times the planetary boundaries for food-related emissions, and require the resources equivalent to seven Earths. It certainly would sink any chance of meeting current climate and sustainability targets. The report stresses the need to drastically reduce the consumption of animal products – agriculture uses 40% of Earth’s land and is a primary driver of deforestation, habitat destruction and biodiversity loss. Producing food for our current population of 7.7 billion emits 25% of our GHGs.