This report examines antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The tripartite One Health complexity of AMR is extensively discussed, highlighting the contribution of animal health, human health and the environment to the global health situation.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 (Goal 14)
This expansive document uses data and visualization to convey the state of various goals that the UN is striving to achieve as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Goal 15, summarized here, outlines what life on land is like and goals for its improvement.
Inside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend and Downplay
This article is an expose on the beef industry’s public relations messaging machine that includes an influencer training program, as well as a monitoring command center, that seeks to influence public opinion and policy and minimize beef’s role in the climate crisis.
A Plan to Accelerate the City of Berkeley’s Transition to Plant-Based Foods
This document is correspondence from a Councilmember and Mayor of the City of Berkeley regarding a resolution that would accelerate the city’s transition to plant-based procurement.
Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss: Three Levers for Food System Transformation in Support of Nature
The global food system drives biodiversity loss with the largest percentage of the food system’s impact being a result of animal-based agriculture and production. This paper emphasizes the effectiveness of a switch towards plant-based diets for biodiversity health.
Creating a Sustainable Future: A Menu of Solutions to Feed Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050
Increasing food supply to meet the world’s demand can only be done if the food production, agricultural land area, and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation gaps are closed, and a global shift towards plant-based diets is a means of doing so.
Underestimates of US Emissions and Global Implications for Industrializing Animal Agriculture: A Guidance Memo for the Tiny Beam Fund
This paper finds that “bottom up” estimates of emissions, as done by current climate models (e.g. survey-based, tallies), coming from animal agriculture are likely underestimated when checked against “top-down” models (i.e., those which use atmospheric estimates).
Eating Away at Climate Change with Negative Emissions: Repurposing UK Agricultural Land to Meet Climate Goals
This paper finds that repurposing portions of the United Kingdom’s (U.K.’s) agricultural land for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal will be effective and potentially essential in order for the region to meet its Paris Agreement emission reduction commitments and align with a 1.5º goal of warming.
San Francisco Food Procurement Standards for Hospitals and Jails
The resolution opens by giving an overview of the Good Food Purchasing Program (GFPP) and its baseline review of San Francisco’s procurement standards in hospitals and jails.