Using science to solve climate change with Dr Jonathan Foley
11/06/21 • 28 min
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In Episode #174 we hear from Climate Scientist, Dr Jonathan Foley, on the current state of climate change and what we can do to help the planet heal.
Specifically we cover:
- Where we are headed if we don't address climate change
- Climate change science becoming accepted by majority of society
- The levers we can pull on climate change
- Climate change solutions affecting people’s careers
- Current status of the world’s carbon emissions
- The biggest areas of focus for immediate change
- The impact we are having on water
- Regenerative beef
- Plant-based meat alternatives
- Carbon capture technology
- Electric cars
- The personal actions that we can take
Resources:
Dr Jonathan Foley on Twitter
Project Drawdown website
Seeing the whole chess board to stop climate change article
Dr Foley's 'Beef Rules' article
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Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
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In Episode #174 we hear from Climate Scientist, Dr Jonathan Foley, on the current state of climate change and what we can do to help the planet heal.
Specifically we cover:
- Where we are headed if we don't address climate change
- Climate change science becoming accepted by majority of society
- The levers we can pull on climate change
- Climate change solutions affecting people’s careers
- Current status of the world’s carbon emissions
- The biggest areas of focus for immediate change
- The impact we are having on water
- Regenerative beef
- Plant-based meat alternatives
- Carbon capture technology
- Electric cars
- The personal actions that we can take
Resources:
Dr Jonathan Foley on Twitter
Project Drawdown website
Seeing the whole chess board to stop climate change article
Dr Foley's 'Beef Rules' article
Yet to read my book? Get your copy of the The Proof is in the Plants here
Want to support the show?
If you are enjoying the Plant Proof podcast a great way to support the show is by leaving a review on the Apple podcast app. It only takes a few minutes and helps more people find the episodes.
It's also helpful to subscribe on Apple Podcast app and/or follow on the Spotify Podcast app.
Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
Download my FREE two week meal plan
Download my FREE blood test and supplement guides here
Previous Episode
Is coffee healthy with Danny Lennon, Msc
In Episode #173 I sit down with Danny Lennon to discuss the affect of coffee on our health.
Specifically we cover:
- What coffee is
- What are the interesting components of coffee
- Coffee, blood lipids and cardiovascular disease
- Coffee and neurodegenerative disease (e.g Alzheimer's Dementia)
- Coffee and anxiety
- Coffee and depression
- Coffee, caffeine and metabolism
- Coffee and the microbiome
- Coffee and IBS
- De-caffeinated versus caffeinated coffee
- Fast versus slow metabolisers of coffee
- Recommendations for coffee consumption
- and much more
Resources:
Danny Lennon on Instagram and Twitter
My episode on the Rich Roll podcast as mentioned in the introduction
Want to support the show?
If you are enjoying the Plant Proof podcast a great way to support the show is by leaving a review on the Apple podcast app. It only takes a few minutes and helps more people find the episodes.
It's also helpful to subscribe on Apple Podcast app and/or follow on the Spotify Podcast app.
Simon Hill, Nutritionist, Sports Physiotherapist
Creator of Plantproof.com and host of the Plant Proof Podcast
Author of The Proof is in the Plants
Download my FREE two week meal plan
Download my FREE blood test and supplement guides here
Next Episode
Is happiness the key to solving climate change with Nicholas Carter
What if tackling the world's biggest problem, climate change, was not actually the world's biggest problem? What if solving happiness was - and in restoring happiness we would create a healthier planet?
In episode #175 Environmental Scientist Nicholas Carter returns to give us an update on the health of our planet, explain what COP26 is, and offer a suggestion for what we may actually need to consider if we are going to create a brighter future for humanity.
Hope you enjoy it.
Resources:
- World Resources Institute: Half a Degree and a World Apart: The Difference in Climate Impacts Between 1.5˚C and 2˚C of Warminghttps://www.wri.org/insights/half-degree-and-world-apart-difference-climate-impacts-between-15c-and-2c-warming
- Animal Agriculture is the predominant source of methane accounting for roughly 32 percent of human-caused methane emissions. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/methane-emissions-are-driving-climate-change-heres-how-reduce-them
- 30% of historical cumulative CO₂ emissions are from land-use change. If the starting point is 1750 or earlier, this share just goes up (2020 Global Carbon Budget https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/12/3269/2020/) | https://ourworldindata.org/carbon-opportunity-costs-food
- Wiedmann, T., Lenzen, M., Keyßer, L.T. et al. Scientists’ warning on affluence. Nat Commun 11, 3107 (2020). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y?fbclid=IwAR0AG6Lz_CcR2XY0uxVvKNmjnlWP0YLXl6iBcUfl8gcZmTjR7-ZVb3W3oes#citeas
- Jason Hickel (2019) Is it possible to achieve a good life for all within planetary boundaries?, Third World Quarterly, 40:1, 18-35, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2018.1535895 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436597.2018.1535895
- O’Neill et al (2018). A good life for all within planetary boundaries. Nature Sustainability, 1, 88. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0021-4
- Is Green Growth Possible? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13563467.2019.1598964?journalCode=cnpe20
- Jason Hickel (2021) What does degrowth mean? A few points of clarification, Globalizations, 18:7, 1105-1111, DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2020.1812222 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1812222
- 77–100% of marginal agricultural lands (in New Zealand) could financially benefit from afforestation. West, Thales AP, et al. "Promotion of afforestation in New Zealand’s marginal agricultural lands through payments for environmental services." Ecosystem Services 46 (2020): 101212.
- ~80% of soy goes to animal agriculture https://ourworldindata.org/soy
- "All undisturbed natural ecosystems contain more soil organic carbon than their agricultural counterparts that, on average, sequester 25–75% less." Rattan Lal, Managing Soils and Ecosystems for Mitigating Anthropogenic Carbon Emissions and Advancing Global Food Security, BioScience, Volume 60, Issue 9, October 2010, Pages 708–721, https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.8
- University of Alberta meta-analysis on grazing vs. removing grazing: Filazzola, Alessandro, et al. "The effects of livestock grazing on biodiversity are multi‐trophic: a meta‐analysis." Ecology letters 23.8 (2020): 1298-1309. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.13527
- You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local
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