We need to talk about your starving grandchildren.

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You might not want to think about this one, but our scientists tell us if we carry on the way we are now, the global food system will have completely broken down by the time a child born today hits retirement age. The good news is, it can be solved. The question is, can we be bothered? Help support this channels independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Research Links Mike Berners-Lee : There is no Planet B https://theresnoplanetb.net/ Our World in Data Charts : 1. Employment in agriculture https://ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture 2. GHG emissions from food https://ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-gas-emissions-food https://ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector 3. Environmental impacts of food https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-emissions-supply-chain 4. World calories map https://ourworldindata.org/food-supply 5. Plant based diet impacts https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets 6. Land use for agriculture https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture 7. Do we really only have 60 harvests left?? https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans Carbon Brief - Food waste articles https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-what-food-waste-means-for-climate-change/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/food-waste-makes-up-half-of-global-food-system-emissions/ Rapid phaseout of animal agriculture : Eisen and Brown 2022 https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010 UN Food and Agriculture Organization https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/new-fao-report-maps-pathways-towards-lower-livestock-emissions/en Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannahs : Manzano et al 2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00349-8 Knepp Estate / Wilding book and film https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/06/semen-flasks-farming-couple-rewilding-knepp-isabella-tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wha__qRugTw Recent Observer article about Isabella Tree from Knepp Estate https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/16/conservationist-isabella-tree-rewilding-is-vital-for-the-uks-agricultural-future China - lab grown meat plan https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3165879/how-china-plans-lead-world-sustainable-food-latest-five-year-agricultural Workers in agriculture https://blog.resourcewatch.org/2019/05/30/map-of-the-month-how-many-people-work-in-agriculture/ World Bank Employment charts https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS?end=2018&most_recent_year_desc=true&start=1991&type=shaded&view=chart CAFOs https://vertexeng.com/insights/the-environmental-impacts-of-concentrated-animal-feeding-operations-cafos/ https://www.reuters.com/business/how-four-big-companies-control-us-beef-industry-2021-06-17/ McKinsey : Voice of the American famer https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/agriculture/our-insights/voice-of-the-us-farmer-2023-to-24-farmers-seek-path-to-scale-sustainably Climate impact on food https://theconversation.com/food-prices-will-climb-everywhere-as-temperatures-rise-due-to-climate-change-new-research-226345 Agrivoltaics https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/13/farmers-who-graze-sheep-under-solar-panels-say-it-improves-productivity-so-why-dont-we-do-it-more Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ