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T1 Growing Popularity of Alternate Food Systems for Environment and Health - Foresight Brief
T2 Popularité croissante des systèmes alimentaires alternatifs favorables à l’environnement et à la santé
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 food consumption
K1 climate
K1 agriculture
K1 livestock
K1 diet
K1 human health
K1 permaculture
K1 food waste
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32312
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32312
NO A food system could be defined as the path that food travels - starting from conception in the field to the resulting nutritional outcomes for those consuming it. This includes the growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consuming, anddisposing of food. The inputs used and outputs obtained at each stage are also an integral part of any food system. Environmental and health advocates point to the challenges with certain foods and the current food system, that have caused a large environmental footprint on the planet (Whitmee et al. 2015). This foresight brief highlights some of these environmental impacts with a focus on high animal-source food and the impacts on climate change, land and water. The question around food has moved beyond a focus on food security solely, to include the context of human wellbeing and the sustainability of our planet.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026