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PrimeJack: Why Fiber Foods is Championing Dehydrated Jackfruit as A Solution for Plant-Based & Blended Meat
Ugandan women-led company Fiber Foods is using a food that often goes to waste, and turning it into an ingredient that can solve plant-based and blended meat's texture problems, servicing consumers' increased fibre needs, and supporting!-->…
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Sustainable Catering: UCL to Pilot Food Carbon Tracking App for Students
University College London (UCL) and its caterer CH&CO have partnered with Reewild, an app that allows users to track and reduce their carbon footprint from food, making it the first university to trial such an initiative for students.
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More Heat, More Inflation: Study Confirms That Climate Change is Driving Up Food Prices
Climate change and related extreme weather events will speed up global inflation and lead to higher prices for food, goods and services in the coming years, according to a new study.
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Aloha Unveils Second Plant Protein Bar with Terviva’s Climate-Resilient Ponova Oil
New York-based plant protein brand Aloha has launched the Pa'akai Bar, the second product born out of its collaboration with Californian company Terviva, which uses its edible pongamia bean oil called Ponova.
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How Can Investors Engage the Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Way Off Track’ from Paris Agreement Goals?
Despite making big climate pledges, the world's largest oil and gas companies are "way off track" from reducing any emissions, with plans to instead increase production. Here's what investors need to consider.
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Death by Fossil: Oil & Gas Emissions Could Kill 11.5 Million People by 2100
Emissions from burning the oil and gas produced by some of the largest fossil fuel companies could cause millions of deaths by the end of the century, according to new research.
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Big Oil, Big Lawsuits: The Fossil Fuel Industry is Bracing Itself for Climate Trials
A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public.
By Kate Yoder
It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Consent Defence: UK Climate Activists Lose ‘Last Remaining’ Protection for Criminal Damage During Protests
This week, climate protestors in England and Wales prosecuted for criminal damage lost the right to use the 'consent defence', which has been available to them since 1971 and led to a series of acquittals in the past.
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Meat Paradox: Americans are Eating More Plant-Based, But Also More Red Meat
A majority of Americans recognise the health and environmental benefits of vegan food, yet only a quarter are willing to adopt plant-rich diets. Plus, there has been an increase in red meat consumption over the years, according to a new!-->…
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Cash Cows: Banks Have Financed Over Half a Trillion Dollars to Increase Meat & Dairy Production Since the 2015 Paris Agreement
Since world leaders signed the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015, banks and financial institutions have credited livestock producers with $615B to increase meat and dairy production, according to a new study.
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Why Won’t the FAO Talk About Meat? It’s What Climate Experts are Asking the UN Body
At COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) produced its much-awaited roadmap to cut emissions from the food system in line with the 1.5°C goal – but it didn't address reducing meat and dairy consumption as a solution. Now,!-->…
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K-Rounds: Keurig to Roll Out Compostable Cellulose Coffee Pods Next Year
US coffee company Keurig, one of the world's largest coffee pod producers, has introduced K-Rounds, a line of plant-based, fully compostable capsules, alongside a new machine, which are slated for launch in 2025.
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Climate Scientists: We Need to Halve Our Livestock Emissions by Replacing Meat & Dairy with Plant-Based Foods
Globally, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock farming must peak next year, and be reduced by 50% by 2030 to align with our climate goals, scientists suggest in a new survey. And to do this, we need to replace meat and dairy consumption!-->…
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63% of the USDA’s Climate-Smart Funding Goes to Farming Practices That Don’t Cut Emissions
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.
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Can Behavioural Science Help Us Live More Climate-Friendly Lives?
By Chiara Longoni, associate professor, marketing and social science, Bocconi University; and Kimberly Doell, senior researcher in environmental and climate change psychology, Universität Wien
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Report Says Europe Not Prepared for ‘Catastrophic’ Climate Impacts, But Fails to Highlight Livestock Farming
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.
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Centers for Sustainable Protein: Bezos Earth Fund to Invest $60M for Tastier, Cheaper & Healthier Alt-Protein
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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Climate Quitting: This New Podcast is All About Alt-Protein Careers
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.
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Here’s What the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules Really Mean
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.
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Artificial Intelligence Likely to Use More Energy, and Spread More Climate Misinformation
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.
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London’s Six Airports Make It the World’s Worst City for Air Pollution from Flights
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.
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