Despite substantial scientific evidence linking diets with human health and environmental sustainability, historically there’s been a lack of globally-agreed upon targets for healthy diets and sustainable food production.
However, on January 17, 2019, the EAT-Lancet Commission (a group of 37 scientists from 16 countries working in the fields of human health, nutrition, economics, agriculture, political sciences, and environmental sustainability) assessed existing evidence and developed the world’s first scientific targets that define a “safe operating space” for food systems.
The report calls for global cooperation and commitment to shift diets toward healthy, largely plant-based patterns; make large reductions in food loss and waste; and implement significant sustainability improvements in food production practices.
For a closer look at the Commission’s report, visit:
- Food system transformation needed for human and planetary health [Harvard Chan News]
- Sustainability
- Plate and the Planet