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Job Openings: Senior Communications Officer | Executive Assistant 2025 is set to be an exciting year for EAT, with the release of the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2019 EAT-Lancet Commission report—recently recognized as one of the most influential scientific reports in history. Now is your chance to join our passionate and dynamic team as we embark on this pivotal year and advance our mission to build a healthy and sustainable food system for all. Learn more about the two available positions at https://lnkd.in/g5UsAxk

Take a second to hear from experts as they share their views on the Planetary Health Diet, its challenges, and the exciting opportunities it offers for transforming food systems. Courtesy of our friends at CGIAR https://lnkd.in/d9grisUG

Check out this new TED talk by Johan Rockström! “We know that solving the planet crisis is not utopia, it’s not fantasy. We have the solutions for a secure stable future for humanity.” He runs you through the latest in climate science, tipping points, and why he is both nervous but also still hopeful about the current state of the planet. Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/d-vUQSAm

EAT is proud to be an international partner of the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU). Since 2017, FOLU has been working to enhance #FoodSystems outcomes for people 👩🌾, nature 🌿, and climate 🌦. As we approach 2025, the Coalition is sharing its first Impact Report. The report provides a snapshot of FOLU's efforts over the past three and a half years, told through nine impactful stories. Each story illustrates how our Coalition drives change in the various contexts where it operates. Explore the report to discover how FOLU has been: 🧠 Mainstreaming food systems thinking 🤝 Building movements for change in Colombia 🌱 Scaling regenerative agriculture in Ethiopia 🌾 Accelerating eco-regional approaches in Indonesia 👨🌾 Unlocking sustainable and inclusive agricultural policies in India 💵 Driving finance to Nature-based Solutions 💼 Mobilizing business action on climate 🌽 Catalyzing Brazilian leadership on food 🔗 Linking global ambition with local action Learn what food systems transformation looks like in practice and how FOLU delivers impactful outcomes by reading the report 👇 https://lnkd.in/dxZAfN6Z Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)

Eat for the Planet! New study shows a 17% reduction in emissions with a plant-based diet. Food choices can significantly impact the environment. A new study published in Nature Climate Change shows that adopting the #EATLancet Planetary Health Diet could reduce global dietary greenhouse gas emissions by a whopping 17%. The research analyzed food consumption habits in 139 countries, highlighting the environmental benefits of shifting towards a more plant-based approach. Here's the breakdown: 👉 Overconsumption is a problem: the study found that 56.9% of the global population overconsumes meat and dairy. 👉 Plant-based power: if these "over-consumers" adopted the Planetary Health Diet, emissions from food production could decrease by 32.4%! 👉 Win-win for health and planet: the #PlanetaryHealthDiet is a flexitarian diet, but allows for some animal protein sources like fish, eggs, and meat in moderation. This means you can support your health and the environment at the same time! 🩺🌏 The good news is, even small dietary shifts can have a positive impact. Consider incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains into your meals. Read more about the study here https://lnkd.in/dezMG2ax or visit www.eatforum.org #PlanetaryHealthDiet #FoodCanFixIt #EATLancet Phys.org

4 Tips for Eating More Sustainably With food systems being a major driver of exceeding planetary boundaries, eating healthy and sustainable food is one of the most impactful ways we can contribute to positive change in our everyday lives. Amar Laila, a post-doctorate fellow with the EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0, along with PhD candidate Alicia Martin, Assistant Professor Cristina Gago, and PhD candidate Katherine Eckert, recently presented four simple steps to help us incorporate sustainable eating into our lives: 1) Plan your shopping and meals: 📜 Preparing meals and shopping lists takes time but is always a better option than expensive and often unhealthy takeout. Plan your meals for the week and do your food shopping with a clear idea in mind of what you need to help you avoid buying what you don’t need. 2) Swap meat with plant-based proteins by testing out new recipes. Check out these recipes 👉https://lnkd.in/diQnxgh3 👈 for inspiration and find more in the link to the original article in The Conversation below. 🥕 🥕 Please note that when the article refers to "plant-based proteins," it mean whole vegetables and minimally processed foods like tofu. While meat substitutes such as Impossible or Beyond Meat can be eaten in moderation, they are not the healthiest choice when consumed frequently. 3) Embrace leftovers and reduce food waste: 🌶 Extra seasoning can help keep leftovers flavourful while basic methods like fried rice or stews can be endlessly versatile. 🥡 Store your leftovers properly in airtight containers to keep them fresh and safe to eat throughout the week. ❄ Freeze soon to go off vegetables or boil them to create flavourful stocks to enjoy all year round. 🍽 See the original article to find a food waste cookbook for additional inspiration. 4) Let go of guilt: 🧘♀️ We often put a lot of pressure on ourselves. However, changing our habits takes time. Practice mindfulness and enjoy the flavours and smells of the new foods you try. 💚 While some of these resources and recipes are vegan, neither the authors nor EAT is advocating for everyone adopt a fully vegan diet. Instead, we hope these resources will help you develop a habit of incorporating more plant-based meals, such as implementing meatless Mondays, and adopting a more flexitarian or vegetarian lifestyle. 👉 https://lnkd.in/df4hF345 Amar Laila, PhD The Conversation Canada

Can Top Athletes Perform on a Plant-Based Menu? 🥗 With the Paris Olympics just around the corner—and the hosts having committed to more plant-based food for the games—the question is worth asking. Legendary rock climber Alex Honnold and star of the Academy Award-winning documentary #FreeSolo seems to think the answer is yes. In an interview with The Cool Down, the climber explains how he started on a largely plant-based diet in order to lower his environmental impact. "It's funny. People ask all the time: 'How do you get your protein? What do you eat?'" Honnold told The Cool Down. "You just eat things. You eat plants, grains, legumes. Have you ever seen a panda? It lives largely on bamboo!" Honnold is in good company. Other top performers who have gone entirely or largely plant-based include Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton—and even Arnold Schwarzenegger. 💪 A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health indicates that a diet that benefits the planet is also the best diet for your health, lowering risks of heart disease, cancer, and chronic diseases. Adherence to the Planetary Health Diet—which emphasizes eating lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes—is associated with up to 30 percent reduced risk of premature death, according to the study, which was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 👉 To read more about Alex Honnold’s sustainable ways, see https://lnkd.in/d5PnHWtU The Cool Down Honnold Foundation

Great piece in The Economist on how improving diets for pregnant mothers and infants can significantly boost global intelligence - at a very modest price tag. But the article doesn't mention that healthy, nutritious diets for all require a radical reboot of our current food systems. Our recent Food Systems Economics Commission (FSEC) study shows that continuing with business as usual will leave 640 million people, including 121 million children, underweight by 2050, particularly in India, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The good news? We know the solutions. Transforming to sustainable, health-promoting and just food systems by 2050 can eliminate undernutrition and cumulatively save 174 million lives from diet-related diseases. This shift could generate up to $10 trillion a year, 8% of global GDP, with 70% of the benefits from reduced health costs. This equals up to a 19:1 return on investment. Governments simply cannot afford not to act. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/4bNK3ou More about #FSEC here: https://lnkd.in/dvvvAFkB #powerofnutrition #braindevelopment #healthydiets #foodsystems

When it comes to transforming agriculture, there’s no substitute for getting together in person, sharing knowledge over a locally-grown meal, and learning first-hand from farmers and communities about the challenges they face and the solutions they’ve pioneered to tackle them. This year, the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) India and Ethiopia country platforms have been doing exactly that – connecting across borders as part of a cross-country learning programme on sustainable and regenerative agriculture. Read about the programme in this excellent photo story, which captures snapshots from its various workshops, site visits and field trips, and highlights what the countries can learn from each other’s respective initiatives to improve livelihoods, soil health and yields: https://lnkd.in/eRCaZMSA

Planetary Health Diet Associated With Better Mental Health 💝 A new study published in Nature reveals that adhering to the #PlanetaryHealthDiet is associated with significantly lower risks of incident depression, anxiety and their co-occurrence. The study concludes that that higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet reference diet, reflected by three EAT-Lancet diet scores, is associated with lower risks of depression, anxiety and their co-occurrence. The findings highlight that promoting this achievable and sustainable dietary pattern might have far-reaching benefits for the prevention of depression and anxiety. These findings follow a recent study where the Planetary Health Diet is associated with up to 30 percent lower risk of premature death, and yet another study in which the same diet is associated with healthy aging. The Planetary Health Diet was first introduced by the EAT-Lancet Commission in January, 2019, as an ideal diet for the health of people and planet alike. It encourages a global increase in the consumption of vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts, and a decrease of average meat consumption, while still allowing for a massive variance in individual and regional preferences. Studies have shown that adhering to the Planetary Health Diet can reduce food-associated greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50% and land use by more than 60%. 🌏 👉 https://lnkd.in/gqnNQJVi