Jessica Fanzo Journalist Profile

Articles

Avoiding unintentional nutritional consequences on the journey to NetZero

Nov 22, 2024 | quadram.ac.uk | Jessica Fanzo

As global leaders and scientists from across the globe gather in Azerbaijan for the second week of the United Nations Climate Change conference COP 29 to discuss progress towards the Paris agreement, we reflect on how the UK can achieve NetZero whilst ensuring everyone has access to nutritious food. Net zero refers to a government commitment to ensure the UK reduces its greenhouse gas emissions by 100% from 1990 levels by 2050.
Columbia Climate School: Climate Change and Food Systems Virtual Info Session

Nov 7, 2024 | apply.climate.columbia.edu | Ruth DeFries |Jessica Fanzo

Join us for an insightful virtual information session hosted by the Columbia Climate School and the Columbia Global Center Mumbai, where we will explore the critical intersection of climate change and food systems in combating the climate crisis. Featured Speakers:Professor Ruth DeFries Professor Ruth DeFries is a leading expert in ecology and sustainable development.
Webinar on global food systems and climate change [Worldwide]

Sep 6, 2024 | ijnet.org | Jessica Fanzo

Journalists interested in learning about global food systems and climate change can attend this webinar. The Columbia Climate School is hosting a virtual event, "Building Resilient Food Systems," on Sept. 30, to discuss the complexities of food system resilience and how policy, innovation and global collaboration can protect and enhance food security.
Lawrence Haddad, Jessica Fanzo, Kate Schneider, Mario Herrero, and Jose Rosero Moncayo, Author at Food Tank

Dec 23, 2023 | foodtank.com | Lawrence Haddad |Jessica Fanzo |Kate Schneider |Mario Herrero

1 Articles0 Comments Dr Lawrence Haddad is the Executive Director of The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and winner of the 2018 World Food Prize. Jessica Fanzo is a Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at the Columbia Climate School. Dr. Kate Schneider is a research scholar at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Op-Ed | Food Systems Must Change, and Change Must Be Measured

Dec 19, 2023 | foodtank.com | Lawrence Haddad |Jessica Fanzo |Kate Schneider |Mario Herrero

Last week, COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, signaled its intent to bring food systems into future COP negotiations. Until now, fixing food systems had hardly been on the environmental agenda, with most attention going to the energy sector. Yet there is a clear consensus that food systems are badly affected by extreme weather events and offer a solution for our climate crisis. They produce around 30 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Ty Beal and Jessica Fanzo, Author at Food Tank

Mar 19, 2023 | foodtank.com | Ty Beal |Jessica Fanzo

1 Articles0 Comments Ty is a global nutrition scientist focused on helping to achieve healthy and sustainable diets for all. His research seeks to understand what people eat and how it impacts their health and the planet. Ty is currently a Research Advisor on the Knowledge Leadership team at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) where he generates evidence to guide programs and mobilize knowledge related to global nutrition and food systems.
Finding the Right Balance: Healthy People and a Healthy Planet

Mar 15, 2023 | foodtank.com | Ty Beal |Jessica Fanzo

In 2019, a landmark EAT-Lancet report described how to nourish people and save the planet, proposing a “planetary health diet” consisting mostly of whole plant-based foods. But a new study in The Lancet Planetary Health moves the science forward by suggesting the planetary health diet falls short in essential vitamins and minerals such as iron, zinc, calcium, and vitamin B12. For women aged 15–49 years, it provides just 55 percent of the recommended intakes.
How to eat to nourish people while protecting the planet

Mar 7, 2023 | gainhealth.org | Ty Beal |Jessica Fanzo |Johns Hopkins |Mduduzi Mbuya

Integrated action across society is needed to provide diets with enough vitamins and minerals while protecting the planet. The landmark EAT-Lancet report, published in 2019, laid out how to nourish people and save the planet through a "planetary health diet", consisting mostly of whole plant-based foods. But new research, published today in The Lancet Planetary Health, suggests the planetary health diet does not provide enough essential vitamins and minerals to nourish the global population.
Understanding human water turnover in times of water scarcity

Feb 7, 2023 | cell.com | Jessica Fanzo |Johns Hopkins

Tightly controlled water homeostasis in the human body is essential for optimal health. A recent study by Yamada and colleagues in Science shows that biological and environmental factors impact human water turnover, providing insight into potential water insecurity among specific populations in the context of global challenges, including climate change.