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Habitats for plants, animals and micro-organisms vital to soilhealth and food production. At the same time as taking out more than is sustainable, we also pollute the soil, water and air. And it provides vital services to society and the economy including: Regulating environmental stability, e.g. climate, water, air, disease.
Today’s children are facing climate crisis-related health issues, warns The Lancet ’s Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the annual research collaboratively conducted by 35 global institutions. Health-related incidents flagged by The Lancet ’s report include increased risks of low birth weight and infant mortality for newborns.
These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. According to a 2016 study by public health, nutrition and environmental experts, replacing beef with beans in the American diet would free up 42 percent of U.S.
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