A major report on the global food system has found that less than 1 per cent of the world is eating a diet that’s good for the planet and human health.
But switching to a healthier eating pattern could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths per year, while cutting global greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20 per cent.
These are the findings of a report by the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission. The report brings together the expertise of nutritionists, climate scientists, economists, doctors, social scientists and agriculturalists from more than 35 countries around the world.
“If everyone ate a healthy diet, we would be able to feed 10 billion people in 2050 with 7 per cent less land than we use today,” study author Dr Fabrice DeClerck, chief science officer at EAT, [said]. “Never in the history of human food production have we occupied less of a resource to feed more people.”
