Sustainable development starts at
the table and daily food choices, the Barilla Center for Food &
Nutrition (BCFN) foundation said on Thursday.
At a conference organized on the eve of Earth Day and the
signing of the historic Paris agreement on global warming on
Friday, the Foundation looked at the achievements and challenges
in the creation of a development model that is in line with the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with a specific
focus on food production and the impact of our daily food
choices on health and the environment.
The global population is set to exceed nine billion by
2050, while the demand for food will rise by 56% over the same
period.
In this scenario, keeping the global temperature rise to
less than two degrees Celsius as established during last
December's COP21 climate conference in Paris might seem
difficult.
However, BCFN argues that this does not have to be the
case.
The event included presentation of an updated version of
the volume "Eating Planet: Food and Sustainability: creating our
future," prepared by BCFN and published by Edizioni Ambiente,
which aims to direct choices towards a system that is more
sustainable for human health and the planet.
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