News from the Earth

The aim is to raise public awareness of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy diet and lifestyle, reduce food waste and food losses, improving food production by making it more sustainable through innovation and technology in line with UN development objectives.

582,538 people signed up to try a month as vegans in January, far exceeding the target of 500 thousand and the record of last year of 400 thousand. This shows how Veganuary is able to involve different people, even those who would like to approach a vegetable diet and are looking for useful advice and information.

Although a pandemic-related economic slowdown temporarily reduced the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming, much more needs to be done to rein in planetary warming.

January is the perfect time to put yourself to the test: it's Veganuary month (a word born from the union of vegan and January, vegan and January), an initiative that helps people around the world to try the vegan diet and lifestyle for 31 days. Participants receive a daily email with information and insights, as well as tasty recipes and tips on how to replace ingredients that contain animal products.

If you own the seeds you own the food system. Access to open-pollinated seeds is the cornerstone of food citizenship because it creates non-market access to growing.

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2021 is forecasted to be slightly colder worldwide than years previous, according to meteorologists at the United Kingdom Meteorological Office, but will still be one the hottest on record due to greenhouse gas effects.

Today, progress is being made in many places, but, overall, action to meet the Goals is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required. 2020 needs to usher in a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Goals by 2030.

The use of land brings a fragmentation of habitats and a loss of biodiversity that tends to increase the possibility of contact with animal species capable of transmitting viruses to which humans are not accustomed. The climate and health emergencies may seem like separate crises, but this is not the case. 

The UN chief said economic recovery packages launched in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic represented an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future — but warned so much more needs to be done to ward off catastrophic consequences. So far, the members of the G20 are spending 50% more in their stimulus and rescue packages on sectors linked to fossil fuel production and consumption, than on low-carbon energy.

The sad truth is that the world’s best loved, beautiful and fascinating species are being slaughtered by widespread and dangerous criminal networks...

The food we eat is a huge indicator of our health. Eating cleanly and simply, exposing your body to as few toxic pollutants as possible, will benefit your wellbeing.