This project aims to model the trade-offs between health and environmental impact associated with different food stuffs and different diets. This project will construct a decision support tool that will enable identification of healthy and sustainable diets that are achievable through different policy options and direct interventions on diet in the UK.
Sustainability
Paris-compliant healthy food systems workshop report published.
Paris-compliant healthy food systems
With the global food system as a whole currently responsible for around 30% of total anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions, the agri-food sector must adapt if we are to meet the terms of the Paris climate agreement. This report details discussions at an interdisciplinary workshop considering what a Paris-compliant healthy food system might look like in practice, and mechanisms by which this kind of food system might be realised.
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TempAg Foresight workshop, London
TempAg held a workshop in London to review key issues for sustainable agriculture in temperate countries and identify areas for cross-country collaboration. Delegates from 14 temperate countries participated, with expertise across academia, policy, industry and the science-policy interface.
An interdisciplinary and cross-sector delegation explored what a food system that better supports health while also being compliant with the Paris Agreement might look like in practice, and mechanisms by which this kind of food system might be realised.
This paper identifies the most important criteria for experts when selecting indicators for sustainability in temperate agriculture.
UK-China workshop report published.
How can we nudge people to eat more healthily and sustainably? University of Cambridge’s Arianna Psichas reports from the Global Food Security programme’s Policy Lab on sustainable nutrition.
Food Futures Panel: Sustainable intensification presentations
The GFS programme commissioned a panel of 600 members of the public to take part in engagement activities, exploring different aspects of food security research. This document details the stimulus presentation given at the sustainable intensification workshop.
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