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EU faces a €70 billion annual bill to adapt to climate change by 2050

Environment
The European Union will need to invest around €70 billion every year until 2050 to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA).

Crops for the future: Accelerating protein transitions with new plant-based foods

Environment
Sabrina Ruzanski & Emanuele Zannini detail PROTEIN2FOOD, a project that concerns pioneering crops for future generations, most notably, accelerating protein transitions with new plant-based foods.

UK recycling legislation proposals for 2023: The future of commercial food waste

Environment
Grant Keenan, Managing Director of Keenan Recycling, examines Scotland’s implementation of tighter food waste recycling legislation and what it will mean for the similar incoming UK government legislation.

Scotland due to pass bill to eradicate period poverty

Health & Social Care
Scotland are due to set a global precedent with their bill to eradicate period poverty via free sanitary products.

Researchers emphasise that bumble bees need biodiversity

Environment
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) found that bees prefer to consume a low-fat diet, emphasising that bumble bees need biodiversity.

Government awards £1.15 million to tackle food waste

Environment
Businesses and not-for-profits will benefit from new government funding of £1.15 million to tackle food waste in the UK.

OECD: Discussing the Zero Carbon Bill, agriculture and climate change

Environment
Here, two policy analysts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) talk to Open Access Government about the Zero Carbon Bill.

Viral diseases of food security and livelihood importance

Health & Social Care
Here, Professors Sharadhuli Kimera and Gerald Misinzo from Sokoine University of Agriculture, focus on viral diseases of food security that affect livelihood.

Pesticide risk assessment: European framework shows need for safer alternatives

Environment
Here, Alberto Mantovani discusses how to balance chemical pesticides with crop-protection and food security, referring to the ever-evolving European framework.

Imprisoned without trial: The Indigenous population of Mexico

Government
In this article, Kristin Dilani Nadarajah describes the human rights movement happening to stop the mistreatment of indigenous prisoners by the Mexican government.

Agritechnica 2019: Agricultural innovation in the field

Technology
Here, we discuss what to expect from Agritechnica 2019, an ongoing culmination of agricultural innovation in Hanover.

British people waste one third of their food shop

Research & Innovation
The weekly food shop is a staple of British culture, but why is so much of it going to waste?

Five small steps for a more sustainable 2020

Environment
Here, we cut through the confusion to discuss how you can realistically change your life to live a more sustainable 2020.

Open Data intitiatives empowering women in agriculture

Technology
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) discuss Open Data initiatives for women in agriculture.

Can container farming help meet the rising demand for local food?

Agriculture
With the demand for local produce constantly rising due to environmental, economic and quality reasons, Johnathan Bulmer, MD at Cleveland Containers, has urged for more pick up on container farming.

World Food Day: “Future-proof our food systems”

Sustainable Development
Here, we have comment from Andre Laperrière from Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) on the importance of future-proofing the food system.

Food waste: How tech can eat away at our hefty problem

Environment
Jamie Crummie, co-founder of Too Good To Go discusses how technology could be the solution to food waste in the UK.
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