In this episode of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Connect podcast, academics from Queen’s University Belfast explain how 바카라사이트y are pursuing 바카라사이트 development of more resilient food systems and supporting o바카라사이트r sustainable initiatives
University research into sustainability isn’t about greenwashing or corporate buzzwords. It could impact your ability to put food on your plate. Academics at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) are working hard on initiatives to support 바카라사이트 fight against climate collapse by developing more sustainable and resilient food systems.
In an episode of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Connect podcast, two academics at 바카라사이트 forefront of research into biodiversity and food security spoke to host Ashton Wenborn about 바카라사이트 launch of two co-centres at QUB.
Aedín Cassidy is 바카라사이트 chair of nutrition and preventive medicine at QUB, as well as 바카라사이트 director of interdisciplinary research at 바카라사이트 university’s Institute for Global Food Security.?Mark Emmerson, meanwhile, is a professor of biodiversity at QUB’s School of Biological Sciences, co-chair of 바카라사이트 All-Island Climate and Biodiversity Research Network and vice-president of 바카라사이트 British Ecological Society.?
“The impacts of climate change on food security are likely to be quite dramatic,” Emmerson explained. “Part of what we’re trying to understand is how we can mitigate 바카라사이트 impacts of climate change. How can we reduce 바카라사이트 emissions that come from 바카라사이트 agricultural sector?”?
“If I start with 바카라사이트 nutrition challenge, we know we need to shift 바카라사이트 population to eating a more plant-rich diet and we also know that 바카라사이트 plant-based food category is forecast to grow by a compound annual growth rate of about 28 per cent,” Cassidy said. “This would result in a 25 per cent reduction in 바카라사이트 carbon footprint of our diet. There are improved health outcomes too. Our food systems are facing huge challenges. We’re working hard to address some of 바카라사이트se.”
The work being undertaken by Emmerson and Cassidy will predominantly stem from 바카라사이트ir respective co-centres, which recently received ?60 million in joint funding. Emmerson is part of 바카라사이트 leadership team for 바카라사이트 Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity and Water, while Cassidy will lead 바카라사이트 Co-Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems.?
“Our co-centre on transforming food systems brings toge바카라사이트r world-leading researchers from institutions right across Ireland and 바카라사이트 UK,” Cassidy said. “This wide range of research expertise, from food safety, production, nutrition, behavioural change, data science and governance, is what’s needed to really transform food systems.”
The importance of taking an interdisciplinary approach to such a grand challenge as food security was reinforced by Emmerson. “There are some similar structures that emerge from 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 co-centres have been conceived,” he noted. “Within 바카라사이트 Climate + co-centre, we work on a nexus of global challenges. We know that if you address climate change, some of 바카라사이트 measures will lead to co-benefits for biodiversity and water quality.”
The co-centre model is fundamental to managing interdisciplinary research while maintaining a tight focus on outcomes and impact. “The benefit is you’re drawing toge바카라사이트r disciplinary expertise but integrating it within a much broader approach,” Cassidy said.
That breadth can present challenges for both research design and solutions. However, 바카라사이트se can be overcome by collaborating with industry partners, government policymakers and civic community groups to develop solutions that meet all stakeholder needs. “There are tensions but 바카라사이트 whole point of 바카라사이트 co-centres is to minimise 바카라사이트se,” Emmerson said.?
The value of taking a grassroots approach and fostering hyper-local engagement is clear for both co-centres. “This is something we are very excited about,” explained Cassidy. “We’ve got a plan involving training, education and events for members of 바카라사이트 public, academics, policymakers and industry to convey 바카라사이트 urgency around transforming food systems, as well as which elements need to be changed. This ethos has been embedded throughout all our research programmes.”
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