World Food Day: Healthier food choices can help us solve the twin crisis of climate change and biodiversity loss

Our global food system is one of the primary drivers of biodiversity loss, with agriculture alone being the identified threat to 22 500 of the 41 000 species at risk of extinction(1). Food production is not only the greatest cause of wildlife loss, but it also contributes to climate change: about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with food. And with the world's... ...