Climate Change

The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) funding for climate-smart agriculture is flawed, with 63% going to farming practices that don't reduce – or actually increase – greenhouse gas emissions, a new report has found. In September,…
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By Chiara Longoni, associate professor, marketing and social science, Bocconi University; and Kimberly Doell, senior researcher in environmental and climate change psychology, Universität Wien Quick and easy interventions that inspire…
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The first risk assessment of the impact of climate change on Europe puts the urgency of action into sharp focus – but the lack of a spotlight on livestock farming is a huge miss. 2023 was the warmest year on record, and last month was…
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The Bezos Earth Fund has earmarked $60M to establish the Centers for Sustainable Protein, which will target tech barriers to reduce production costs, enhance taste profiles, and improve the nutritional benefits of alternative proteins. …
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With more and more people leaving their jobs or turning down new ones because of their companies' climate actions (or lack of them), a new podcast focuses on how alternative protein careers can help people who are climate quitting. 2023…
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The SEC has watered down and walked back on its proposed rules for mandatory corporate disclosures of scope 3 emissions – here's why, and what that means. As November 5 gets closer, we're seeing more and more landmark policy decisions…
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That artificial intelligence (AI) can help solve the climate crisis is a misguided notion – instead, the tech will likely cause rises in energy use and fuel the rapid spread of climate misinformation, according to a new report. “AI…
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With six airports belonging to London, the UK capital is the city most exposed to air pollution from aviation globally, while Dubai International is the worst airport for climate impact. Months after all the hullabaloo of the first…
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The meat industry's PR prowess is well-known, but a new study digs deep into the sector's reliance upon academics and universities to validate its pushback against research linking livestock farming to climate change, and influence…
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From Biden vs Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state and local contests. By Marcus Baram In the wake of the hottest year on record, with fossil fuel…
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In her OpEd for International Women's Day, Green Queen's founding editor Sonalie Figueiras has an ask: If we're going to disrupt food systems, let's make sure women are in charge. Women control most household food purchasing decisions…
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There's a new Bechdel-Wallace Test in Hollywood – but this one focuses on climate change. Which Oscar-nominated movies pass the Climate Reality Check for 2024? "Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds." It's an ancient line…
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New York-based sustainability research firm HowGood recently expanded its product carbon footprinting solutions to streamline corporate accounting and GHG reduction for the food industry. Its head of product, Nina DePalma, outlines the why…
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Nearly 15% of Americans don't think climate change is real, with denialism highest in the central and southern US and among Republicans, according to a new study. 2024 is the year of climate elections, and the polarising conversation…
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Better Bite Ventures has opened up applications for the latest funding round of its First Bite scheme, which offers early-stage investments to food tech startups in the Asia-Pacific region. The new round will focus on crops that most…
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Misinformation is rampant in the food system, with attacks on alternative protein becoming louder and more frequent. Robbie Lockie, founder of the newly formed Freedom Food Alliance, talks about the organisation's research into meat and…
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Los Angeles County has passed a motion to make all departmental food purchases plant-based by default, citing the environmental and human health benefits of vegan diets. US politicians Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis have spearheaded a…
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With 2024 a year of major elections around the world, Caitlin Smith, senior campaigner at corporate watchdog Changing Markets Foundation, highlights the non-profit's research into alternative protein misinformation on social media, and why…
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As France restricts plant-based meat labels, pushes to ban cultivated meat, and encourages factory farming, nutrition experts and climate activists are urging the national dietary guidelines to recommend a reduction in meat consumption. …
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A "quite radical" report suggests governments and communities, not the private sector, should be leading the carbon removal industry. By Tik Root To get to the Super Bowl on time, Taylor Swift took a private jet from Tokyo to Los…
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Singaporean food tech startup Prefer, which makes beanless coffee from food industry sidestream ingredients, has raised $2M to fund a larger production facility and its Asia expansion. How do you Prefer your coffee? If you ask Jake…
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