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
3. Chemical Pollution -Novel Substances-
4. Ocean acidification
5. Land and Water Usage
   • food system are the number 1 driver of freshwater use
6. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycle

Resources:

• [[ Paper - Food in the Anthropocene the EAT–Lancet Commission ]]

• [Resilience MOOC

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  Anthropocene analysis: Food and Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9dKCj4HKQ&list=PLUWHlbMj0sOH8NJqTMuNiRkvhaEahHJVH&index=6)