India, Oct. 5 -- Food systems account for a third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to human activity. Within this, 70% is attributable to the food habits of the wealthiest 30%, a new study by EAT-Lancet Commission has found. This shouldn't surprise - skewed consumption is a leitmotif in the apportioning of responsibility for emissions. Given that food systems are the biggest contributor to the breach of five of the nine planetary boundaries - the limit in critical areas within which humanity can exist and thrive without impacting the planet drastically - and that business-as-usual here will keep us off the below-1.5 degree-path even with complete global energy transition, the need for urgent action is clear. The wealthiest certainly ...
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