Welcome to your latest issue of The Climate Smart Food Edit. A round-up of the latest news and must-knows from the climate and food sector, curated for our FFM Community Members.
We’re at the end of a particularly overcast January, but the gloomy skies bely the foundations that are being lain for a definitive direction of travel in 2024. The wheels of industry are turning and the speed is picking up, so let’s dive right in with the information that you need to have the conversations that count…
Highlighting the need for a just transition
As we’ve seen this week, farmers’ protests are spreading across Europe highlighting the economic impact of the environmental legislation and the importance of inclusive and viable transition to more sustainable food systems. It seems that a new rule requiring farmers to set aside 4% of land for biodiversity may be postponed from its 2024 introduction. Read more.
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