Climate-Smart Food pdf

Professor of Carbon Management at the University of Edinburgh. He has authored over 100 articles on climate change, including 5 books. Dave is an advisor for the Scottish Government on rural policy and climate change and his latest project involves managing his farm on the West Coast of Scotland to sequester a lifetime's carbon emissions.

Climate-Smart Food pdf by Dave Reay

This open access book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where it comes from, how far it travels, and the carbon price we all pay for it. From our breakfast tea and toast, through breaktime chocolate bar, to take-away supper, Dave Reay explores the weather extremes the world’s farmers are already dealing with, and what new threats climate change will bring. Readers will encounter heat waves and hurricanes, wildfires and deadly toxins, as well as some truly climate-smart solutions. In every case there are responses that could cut emissions while boosting resilience and livelihoods. Ultimately we are all in this together, our decisions on what food we buy and how we consume it send life-changing ripples right through the global web that is our food supply.