The onset of COVID-19 has prompted the re-thinking of how we operate as individuals, communities, academics and practitioners on a global scale. The global pandemic has transformed our lives, and facilitated a process of deep introspection and re-imagination of how we live and work on a daily basis. The Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS)...
Safari Fang and Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, Speaker Ambassadors at the 2019 Planetary Health Annual Meeting
“It was a lot of fun”. “I feel like I learned a lot about food”. “The card game (top trump card game) was very interesting”. “We have never attended any training like this before”. These are some of the reactions to the photovoice workshops that we ran as a part of the Sustainable and Healthy...
As one of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, South Africa boasts a rich tapestry of agro-biodiversity of which neglected and underutilised crop species (NUS) form a part. There is growing momentum to promote NUS to sustainably address topical challenges such as drought and water scarcity, food and nutrition security, climate change adaptation, environmental degradation,...
On the 19th of June 2019, I landed in the middle of the United States, in a place called Aspen. I never heard of this city before but I knew that Colorado State was well known by its wild landscapes and its beautiful mountains. The taxi driver who picked me up from the Airport did...
Each year, four billion people suffer from water scarcity, where demand exceeds supply. This number is increasing as population growth and rising incomes are leading to greater water use. Furthermore, climate change is exacerbating water scarcity by altering rainfall patterns. In order to reduce the threat of insufficient water, we need to reduce our water...
Introduction Taxing selected food and drink products is a familiar approach to tackling diet-related health problems, but it’s also controversial and hotly debated. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently made a headline-grabbing pledge to review so- called ‘sin taxes’, and called into question their efficacy, which brought him under heavy fire from public health leaders...
London Climate Action Week London Climate Action Week (LCAW) ran from the 1st – 8th July bringing together a number of climate change experts from across various sectors to hold a range of different events across London. Over the course of the week, audiences came together to raise awareness, identify solutions to climate change and...
There have been rising concerns over the increasing consumption of industrially processed foods in low- and middle-income countries. These foods often increase the overall dietary content of sugars, saturated and trans-fat, salt and dietary energy density while decreasing the content of protein, dietary fibre and other micronutrients, and therefore contribute to a higher risk of obesity and...
The use of participatory photography to communicate the values and priorities of future food systems. Kerry Ann Brown – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy – Centre for Chronic Disease Control, India Cecile Knai – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Sailesh Mohan – Centre for Chronic Disease Control, India ...
