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The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19
The Lancet CommissionsOnline first aCentre for 21st Century Public Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK bDepartment of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway cInstitute for Ethics and History of Health in Society, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany dGeorge Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India eSchool of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK fChatham House, London, UK...
Alternative Stable States in Size-Structured Communities : Patterns, Processes, and Mechanisms
Nyckelord: NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; biomass overcompensation; Chaoborus; emergent Allee effect; Heterandria formosa; juvenile recruitment bottlenecks; ontogenetic niche shifts; Poecilia reticulata; Biology; Biologi; Sammanfattning: Alternative stable states have been, based on theoretical findings, predicted to be common in ecological systems.
Trump’s plans invite environmental disaster. Harris takes climate change seriously, but lacks detail
It is well understood that November’s US presidential election could have dire consequences for global action on climate change. Donald Trump and his Republican Party define their campaign in part by opposition to policies that support the energy transition, often citing short term negative consequences for the US economy and great power competition with China.
What COP28 needs to address to avoid climate disaster
In the run up to COP28, its incumbent president, Dr Sultan Al Jaber made an impassioned plea, saying: ‘We must deliver, let this process prove that multilateralism still works.’ But optimism is in scant supply. Russia’s war in Ukraine and now the war between Israel and Hamas has ratcheted up tension, enhancing distrust and undermining willingness to cooperate, and retrenching the idea that fossil fuels are key to energy security in turbulent times.
At COP28 governments must agree how to transform food systems
This year’s international climate change conference, COP28, will be the first such conference to have a major focus on food, which the UAE as COP28 president sees as important aspect of its agenda. This is long overdue: food systems are responsible for about a third of all greenhouse gases produced by human activity. Modern farming methods are the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss.
Academics can do more to disrupt and reframe the solution space for food system transformation - Nature Food
Food systems transformations are necessary, but will be difficult to achieve without disrupting current political framings and governance mechanisms. The academic community can do more to drive change at the science–policy interface to open a larger political, social and economic space for progress. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs) are social processes linking academics and decision-makers, allowing for debate, codesign and knowledge co-production to enable better policy-making1.
Vers une architecture. Questionnaire
español La publicación en 1923 de Vers une architecture constituyó un hito en el debate arquitectónico contemporáneo. Tanto por la composición y maquetación –con su innovador modo de establecer el diálogo entre texto e imágenes- como por su propio contenido teórico, el libro de Le Corbusier constituía la primera gran recapitulación de sus radicales ideas sobre la naturaleza de la arquitectura moderna en el mundo industrial.
Whether 1.5°C is ‘alive’ or ‘dead’, a new climate plan will be required
The target of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels has been a totemic threshold ever since the 2015 Paris Agreement, indicating whether climate change is within manageable limits, whatever the political rhetoric. In June 2023, the global temperature temporarily passed the threshold, with heatwaves, wildfires and flooding affecting every part of the world.
Biodiversity, agriculture and sustainable production: GBF Target 10
Loading metrics Citation: DeClerck F, Barrios E, Benton TG, Estrada-Carmona N, Garibaldi LA, Jones SK, et al. (2023) Biodiversity, agriculture and sustainable production: GBF Target 10. PLOS Sustain Transform 2(3): e0000048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000048 Editor: STEVEN J. COOKE, Carleton University, CANADA Published: March 29, 2023 Copyright: © 2023 DeClerck et al.
Science Based Targets in Agriculture Must Drive Robust Transition
This month a ground-breaking global standard for food companies setting science-based targets for climate was published. That’s great news, but the food sector must be wary that in solving one problem it does not exacerbate others. The FAIRR Initiative has worked with Professor Tim Benton, Chatham House, and Professor Michael Obersteiner, Oxford University, to explore this further.
Global environmental climate change, covid-19, and conflict threaten food security and nutrition
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Russian Escalation in Ukraine Poses Risks for Global Food and Energy Markets
Text size About the authors: Tim Benton is director of the Environment and Society programme at Chatham House. Antony Froggatt is deputy director and a senior research fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources Department at Chatham House. A few weeks ago, Ukraine was on the back foot. Some commentators were talking about whether it might be time for Ukraine to negotiate a ceasefire.
Opinion: How Putin's stranglehold of wheat ripples across the globe Original
Tim Benton is Director of the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. From 2011-2016 he was "champion" of the UK's Global Food Security programme, a multi-agency partnership of the UK's public bodies (government departments, devolved governments and research councils) with an interest in the challenges around food. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
Welcome to a new age of food insecurity
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Soil quality both increases crop production and improves resilience to climate change - Nature Climate Change
Abstract Interactions between soil quality and climate change may influence the capacity of croplands to produce sufficient food. Here, we address this issue by using a new dataset of soil, climate and associated yield observations for 12,115 site-years representing 90% of total cereal production in China.
Ukraine crisis could trigger cascading risks globally
Harvesting wheat in the Novovodolazhsky district of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine. Photo by Pavlo Pakhomenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Russia and Ukraine rank 11th and 55th respectively in terms of their national economies but, for the global supply of critical resources such as energy, food, and minerals, these two countries together are far bigger hitters – and both the threat and reality of resource flows from them being reduced have already driven up global prices.
Relationships among multiple aspects of agriculture's environmental impact and productivity: a meta‐analysis to guide sustainable agriculture
Original Article Richard N. German, Corresponding Author richard_german11@hotmail.com School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT U.K. Address for correspondence (Tel: +44(0)7843 739340; E-mail: richard_german11@hotmail.com).Search for more papers by this author Catherine E. Thompson, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT U.K. Search for more papers by this author Tim G.
Variations in greenhouse gas emissions of individual diets: Associations between the greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient intake in the United Kingdom
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Holly L. Rippin , Janet E. Cade, Lea Berrang-Ford, Tim G. Benton, Neil Hancock, Darren C. Greenwood Holly L. Rippin, Janet E. Cade, Lea Berrang-Ford, Tim G. Benton, Neil Hancock, Darren C. Greenwood Published: November 23, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259418 Figures Abstract Background Food production accounts for 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Tim G Benton, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, and Rebecca Shaw, Author at Food Tank
1 Articles0 Comments Tim G Benton is the Emerging Risks, and Director for the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is the Executive Secretary at the Convention on Biological Diversity Rebecca Shaw is the Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President for Science at World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Why Are Diets and Biodiversity Linked?
This is the second piece in a series produced by the Global Action Platform on Sustainable Consumption and Diets. Read parts one and three, and learn more by visiting their webpage here. Biodiversity is crucial to societies worldwide. Plants produce oxygen and store carbon—both important for climate regulation and creating breathable air—but they also release water and volatile compounds into the atmosphere, which in turn influence cloud formation and rainfall.
The urgency of food system transformation is now irrefutable
To the Editor — Poor diets are the main contributor to the global burden of disease, accounting for 20% of premature disease-mediated mortality worldwide1. Approximately 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet, and more than 3 billion people suffer one or more manifestations of poor nutrition2.
The Business Case for Investment in Nutrition
8 July 2020 Malnutrition acts as a brake on the development of individuals, communities and economies around the world. This report is the first of its kind to reveal the hidden costs of malnutrition for business, and the extent to which these costs are recognized and addressed by multinational companies (MNCs).
Coronavirus Crisis: Exploring the Human Impact on Nature
22 May 2020 Tim Benton and Richard Kock speak to Gitika Bhardwaj about how human activities are making outbreaks, like the coronavirus, more likely. Professor Tim Benton Research Director, Emerging Risks; Director, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Throughout history, humans have been afflicted by diseases transmitted from animals.
Coronavirus Crisis: The Evolving Human Relationship with Nature
22 May 2020 Tim Benton and Richard Kock speak to Gitika Bhardwaj about how human activities are making outbreaks, like the coronavirus, more likely. Professor Tim Benton Research Director, Emerging Risks; Director, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Throughout history, humans have been afflicted by diseases transmitted from animals.
Coronavirus Crisis: Exploring the Human Impact on Nature
Experts have been arguing for years for the adoption of a ‘One Health’ approach that recognizes the intersectional nature of human and animal health with the environment. How could this approach work together with calls for a Green New Deal to address global health, climate and biodiversity challenges? Tim Benton: Everything is linked together. Putting them under the One Health agenda, therefore, just makes a hell of a lot of sense to me.
Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system
Abstract Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions, all the way to improved diets and waste management. Here, we identify these technologies, assess their readiness and propose eight action points that could accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food system.
Accelerating Innovation in Food Systems Needs Transparency and Dialogue
18 May 2020 Innovation requires a high failure rate so, while many new technologies may fail, investment in development, testing and social acceptability is crucial to the future of our food systems. Professor Tim Benton Research Director, Emerging Risks; Director, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme The way we grow, process and consume food — our food system — underpins human social and economic development for centuries.
Coronavirus en China: por qué estamos contrayendo cada vez más enfermedades transmitidas por animales como la neumonía de Wuhan
Derechos de autor de la imagen Getty Images Image caption Hasta el viernes, China ya había confirmado casi 12.000 casos de personas infectadas con el coronavirus. El nuevo brote coronavirus, que se ha extendido desde China a por lo menos otros 16 países, había dejado hasta este viernes más de 250 muertos y casi 12.000 pacientes contagiados.
Por que os humanos estão pegando mais doenças transmitidas por animais, como o coronavírus
Direito de imagem Getty Images Image caption Mudanças climáticas estão alterando nossa relação com o reino animal e ajudando doenças a evoluir O mundo está lutando contra uma nova emergência de saúde global, um novo tipo de coronavírus, que se espalhou da China para pelo menos 20 outros países, incluindo o Reino Unido.
Coronavirus: Why are we catching more diseases from animals?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Passengers at a Hong Kong railway station The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries. Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off". But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.
Coronavirus: Why are we catching more diseases from animals?
By Prof Tim Benton Chatham House, Emerging Risks team Published duration31 January image copyrightGetty Images image captionPassengers at a Hong Kong railway station The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 16 other countries, including the UK. Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off". But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease.
Running AMOC in the farming economy - Nature Food
Cite this article Benton, T.G. Running AMOC in the farming economy. Nat Food 1, 22–23 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-019-0017-x Download citation Published: 13 January 2020 Issue Date: January 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-019-0017-x Share this article Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Subjects
Will a Devastating Bushfire Season Change Australia’s Climate Stance?
23 January 2020 With Australians experiencing first-hand the risks of climate change, Madeleine Forster and Tim Benton examine the influencers, at home or abroad, that could push the government towards more action. Madeleine Forster Richard and Susan Hayden Academy Fellow, International Law Programme Professor Tim Benton Research Director, Emerging Risks; Director, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme The 2019–20 fire season in Australia has been unprecedented.
Climate Change 2019
Conference A critical year for climate action The results of climate change are becoming increasingly clear and far-reaching. Weather extremes in 2018 included wildfires in California and the Iberian Peninsula, drought in South Africa and floods in India. The start of this year has already seen record warm daily winter temperatures in Europe, unusual cold in North America and heatwaves in Australia.
Water 2019
Conference The new oil? The quality and quantity of water can define the health and sustainability of entire communities, ecosystems and industries. The importance of water to life is also matched by its vulnerability to climate change and the shifting demands and strains of agriculture, urbanization and a growing population. The United Nations estimates that water scarcity affects more than 40% of people in the world – a number that is expected to increase as temperatures rise.
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The complicated and controversial story of Eileen Gray's E.1027 House
When introducing Eileen Gray’s E.1027 house to a Docomomo US tour, architectural historian and professor Tim Benton described it as involving “design, construction, love, betrayal, and eventually murder. Just a typical architectural project.” I have been wondering how to write about it for TreeHugger, but Patrick Sisson of Curbed solved this for me with his recent article, A House is a machine for memory: Restoring Eileen Gray’s E.1027, focusing on women in design.
Trump’s UK Visit: A Look at the Key Issues
3 June 2019 Chatham House experts examine some of the fault lines in the relationship between the US, the UK and Europe as the US president comes to London.
Africa: Compare and Contrast: a Tale of Two Plates
opinion By Tim Benton Today, global agriculture is more efficient than ever. Between the 1960s and 2005, global agricultural output rose enormously. Whilst the global population rose 2.1 times, calorie production rose 2.7 times,with cereal production increasing from 843Mt to 2068Mt, and meat production increased from 72Mt to 258Mt. In 1961 there were 7.1bn livestock, in 2014 there were 28.2bn (mainly through increases in chickens).
Food Politics and Policies in Post-Brexit Britain
10 January 2019 Brexit, for better or worse, means a major structural change in how people in the UK think about the food they eat. There is an opportunity the reformulate food policy for the better, but this could be easily squandered if not managed carefully.
A Better UK Food Policy Requires Better Government
10 January 2019 As in so many policy areas, there is an opportunity to positively transform the UK food system after Brexit. But seizing this opportunity requires better policymaking. Whatever one thinks of Brexit, the process has highlighted a fundamental problem with the UK’s governance mechanisms – namely, that policymaking is often trapped within departmental silos too focused on the short term.
Rekindling the Roast of Christmas Past
Maia Elliott and Tim Benton Maia Elliott, Analyst and Review Writer for the Global Food Security Programme, and Professor Tim Benton, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Chatham House, explore how rekindling community spirit at Christmas can make our feasting healthier for ourselves and for the planet. For many of us, as soon as we think of Christmas Day our mouths water in anticipation.
A Sustainable Food Future 2018
This opening session will examine the contemporary landscape of domestic, regional and global food systems, exploring the latest policy developments and assessing potential strategies to enhance resilience across food systems.
Global assessment of agricultural system redesign for sustainable intensification
Abstract The sustainable intensification of agricultural systems offers synergistic opportunities for the co-production of agricultural and natural capital outcomes. Efficiency and substitution are steps towards sustainable intensification, but system redesign is essential to deliver optimum outcomes as ecological and economic conditions change.
Overcoming undesirable resilience in the global food system
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Transformative change through Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): a conceptual framework and application to conservation agriculture in Malawi
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Breaking the Vicious Circle: Food, Climate & Nutrition by Rob Bailey, Bernice Lee and Tim Benton
Governments have considerable resources and capabilities at their disposal to effect these changes. Current agricultural subsidies in OECD countries are around $230 billion a year, with a similar amount in China. These regimes provide the funding and institutional framework in which to create incentives for ecosystem services at national, as opposed to project, scale.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Review article: Transmission of climate risks across sectors and borders Andy J. Challinor, W. Neil Adger, Tim G. Benton, Declan Conway, Manoj Joshi, Dave Frame Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2018 376 20170301; DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0301. Published 30 April 2018
Food Justice | KUNM
The number of chronically hungry people in the world is over 800 million, yet developed countries are facing health challenges from rising rates of obesity. The growing problems of food security and water scarcity seem an issue of distribution rather than availability. But other factors also influence the status of food and water security worldwide. So where does the problem with food and water security lie?
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