Climate Change

How much are our food systems responsible for climate change?

picture of a brown cow

The food industry needs to reform and reduce its CO2 emissions. Image: Unsplash/Daniel MacDonald

Elizabeth Claire Alberts
Staff Writer, Mongabay
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Climate Change is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

Climate Change

Have you read?
sky view of crops growing in Africa
Agriculture in South Africa. Image: Mongabay/Rhett A. Butler
image of a corn field in Columbia
Corn being grown in Colombia. Image: Mongabay/Rhett A. Butler
image of spray painted pigs crowded together in slaughterhouse entrance at a Southern Ontario slaughterhouse.
Practises in the food industry such as this are not sustainable. Image: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
Discover

What is the World Economic Forum doing to help companies reduce carbon emissions?

image of Tibetans working in wheat field in Northwestern Yunnan
Tibetans working in wheat field in Northwestern Yunnan. Image: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

Sign up for free

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:
Climate ChangeFood SecurityAgriculture, Food and Beverage
Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

More on Climate Change
See all

Explainer: What is climate justice?

Ewan Thomson

December 8, 2023

About Us

Events

Media

More from the Forum

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum