The number of publications – referenced literature, studies, websites, teaching material, books, and articles – on the links between nutrition and climate change has grown enormously over the last 10 years, reflecting the growing awareness of the issue in the scientific community as well as the interested public. The HEALTHYFUTURE4YOU partnership has therefore collected examples of literature from Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and Slovakia as well as from English-speaking countries, without claiming to be complete. You can find the most important EU and national policies here:
Council of the European Union, 2014. Council conclusions on nutrition and physical activity. Luxembourg, 2014. Retrieved from: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/lsa/143285.pdf
EFSA, 2010. Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for fats, including saturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, trans fatty acids, and cholesterol. EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies. Parma, Italy: EFSA, 2010. Retrieved from: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1461
EFSA, 2020. Climate change as a driver of emerging risks for food and feed safety, plant, animal health and nutritional quality. Retrieved from: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2020.EN-1881
European Commission, 2014. Environment Action Programme to 2020. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/action-programme/
European Commission, 2019. A European Green Deal. Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en
European Commission, 2019. Nutrition. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-topic/nutrition
European Commission, 2020. A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/index_en.htm
European Commission, 2020. Factsheet: From Farm to Fork: Our food, our health, our planet, our future. May 2020. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/fs_20_908
European Commission, 2020. How climate change could affect food safety in Europe. European Commission’s science and knowledge service. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-update/how-climate-change-could-affect-food-safety-europe
European Commission, 2020. Cooperation with non-EU countries & regions. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international/cooperation_en
European Commission, 2020. International action on climate change. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international_en
European Environment Agency, 2020. Waste recycling. Retrieved from: https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/waste-recycling-1/assessment-1
EU, 2014. EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/health//sites/health/files/nutrition_physical_activity/docs/childhoodobesity_actionplan_2014_2020_en.pdf
Food Chain Evaluation Consortium, 2013. Scoping study. Delivering on EU food safety and nutrition in 2050 – scenarios of future change and policy responses. Final Report. EU: Directorate General for Health and Consumers, 2013. [online]. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/final_report_scoping_study_en.pdf
UN environment programme. Climate change. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/green-growth/waste-prevention-and-management/index_en.htm
USGCRP, 2016. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. Retrieved from: https://health2016.globalchange.gov/
Waste management in the context of the coronavirus crisis. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/waste-management-context-coronavirus-crisis_en
What is Climate change, 2020. Copyright © 2020 ACCIONA. Retrieved from: https://www.acciona.com/climate-change/
UN environment programme. Climate Change. Retrieved from: https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/climate-change
UN environment, 2018. Annual Report 2018. Putting the environment at the heart of people´s lives. Retrieved from: https://www.unep.org/annualreport/2018/index.php#cover
For further reading and listening the HEALTHYFUTURE4YOU team recommends the following publications:
In English:
The so-called “Teacher’s Hub” for the European Commission’s site on climate-related material for young people contains a selection of classroom exercises and relevant materials for the “Causes”, “Impacts” and “Solutions” modules of the interactive site for students “Our planet, our future”. In each section, you’ll find an introduction worksheet, various thematic worksheets, and one answer sheet.
Read more and download the training material
Jonathan Safran Foer: “We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast“, Penguin Books Ltd 2019
Deutsche Welle: European court orders countries to respond to lawsuit from young climate activists (November 30th, 2020)
In deutscher Sprache:
Zum Thema “Vegane Ernährung & Klima” bietet das ZDF einen informativen Clip an, der sich auch als Unterrichtseinstieg eignet:.
Jonathan Safran Foer: “Wir sind das Klima”, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 4. Auflage 2019
Sophia Fahrland: “Klimaschutz fängt auf dem Teller an – Das CO2-Sparbuch für klimafreundliche Ennährung”, Komplett-Media 2020
Monika Röttgen: “Die klimafreundliche Küche”, Freya Verlag 2020
Österreichischer Rundfunk, Programm Ö1, Radiomitschnitt: Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte – Erfolg für Klimaklage (7. Dezember 2020)
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