Plates, Pyramids, Planet

19 May 2016

Portrait of Dr Tara Garnett

with Dr Tara Garnett
 Director of Table

Tara is the Director of Table, which sets out the evidence, assumptions, and values underpinning different viewpoints on food systems controversies. Table is a collaboration between the University of Oxford, Wageningen University & Research and t...

What we eat matters not just for our health, but for the planet, too. Yet only a handful of pioneering governments have issued guidelines promoting “win-win” diets that can help tackle two of the most urgent challenges of our time: good nutrition for all and addressing climate change.

'Plates, Pyramids, Planet', a new report from the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), looks at food guidelines from 83 countries, investigating in particular whether they link to environmental sustainability.