We are exposed to increasing information about the environmental benefits of plant based foods, as well as contradictory messages. In this lecture, we will review the fundamental reasons why animal agriculture has a detrimental impact, and the science that quantifies the impact. Climate change, biodiversity loss, food security and other key parameters will be reviewed, including recent literature from the UNEPA and Lancet journal which is revolutionizing the worldwide discussion.

Climate anxiety is spreading and beginning to permeate therapists’ consulting rooms. Many of climate change’s earliest alarm-ringers, those such as activists and scientists, are at times having to face unmanageable feelings of despair, anger and grief. The Climate Psychology Alliance is responding to a growing volume of calls for support. Join three panellists from the alliance who have some insight into how to manage these sometimes overwhelming emotions about our planet’s future.

A number of influential studies suggest we need to move to a plant-based food system to tackle climate change. We speak to representatives from Oxford University and Harvard on what we need to do and whether certain claims are exaggerated.