The Climate Crisis and Our Food System - Interview with Nicholas Carter / Episode 80

This week's podcast is supported by our friends over at Nuzest. You can get 20% off their amazing vegan protein by visiting nuzest.us/pbn20! Joining us on the podcast this week is environmental scientist Nicholas Carter who focuses his academic research on the scientific links between food systems & planetary health. In his work, Nicholas elaborates on the impact of animal farming on climate change, highlighting how our diet and food system are responsible for climate change issues on a global scale. He’s published detailed research and articles on sustainable, plant-based farming practices that largely address a number of issues surrounding animal agriculture such as water pollution, land use, and greenhouse emissions. Nicholas is also a co-founder of PlantBasedData.org –an online library of peer-reviewed articles and summaries of the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. It contains a multitude of environmental and health research as well as reports, videos, and relevant podcast episodes that I am delighted to welcome Nicholas onto the Plant Based News podcast to discuss the hard scientific facts behind climate change as it pertains to food production and our diet. The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, Edited by Phil Marriott. Check out Plant Based Data here - https://www.plantbaseddata.org/ Follow Nicholas on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/nicholasdcarter/ 00:00:00 Nuzest Promo 00:04:16 Starting the vegan journey 00:06:47 The planet is in trouble! 00:07:24 Climate breakdown 00:15:30 Worst case scenario: if all animals were extinct, what would that mean for us? 00:16:45 The effect that agriculture has on the land mass 00:18:55 Greta Thunberg 00:21:52 The problems with Misinformation & Disinformation 00:25:41 Why has it taken to long for global warming to be a real issue? 00:28:08 The downside of Regenerative agriculture 00:33:18 Cell-based meat/cultured meat: will it help people change their lifestyle choices? 00:37:26 Buy local: does it make a difference? 00:44:30 Dr Sailesh Rao - is there any merit to data he is promoting? 00:47:40 Zoonotic diseases: observations and findings of the pandemic 00:50:00 How Nicholas feels about the future 00:52:50 What needs to be done for the future of the planet 00:54:20 plantbaseddata.org 00:55:45 Plans for the future 00:56:55 Stranded on a desert island