food systems as key leverage point

Important Leverage Point in Planetary Boundaries

Food systems directly affect 5 out of the 9 Planetary Boundaries

1. climate change
2. Biodiversity loss
   • Number one cause
3. Chemical Pollution -Novel Substances-
4. Ocean acidification
5. Land Use Change
6. Water Usage
   • food system are the number 1 driver of freshwater use
7. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycle

Resources:

• Paper - Food in the Anthropocene the EAT–Lancet Commission
• Resilience MOOC |1.5| Anthropocene analysis: Food and Development