What caught our eye - three key stories (week 50)
More investment needed in agriculture; Batteries meet share of peak demand; Heat pumps getting smaller
Here are three stories that we found particularly interesting this week and why. We also give our lateral thought on each one.
Read in full by clicking on the link below.
'What caught our eye' like all of our blogs are free to read. You just need to register.
Please forward to friends, family and colleagues if you think they might find our work of value.
We need to invest a lot more in agriculture
25 leading philanthropies recently issued a joint report, calling for a tenfold increase in funding for regenerative and agroecological transitions to address urgent global agricultural and environmental challenges. They urge that to align food systems with the 1.5ºC goal of the Paris Agreement there is a need to phase out fossil fuel use, especially fossil fuel–based agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, and transition toward agroecology and regenerative approaches.
This is not the first call for a greening of our agriculture system. One thing that is a bit different in this report is the focus on the need for a systemic change. And the benefits that it will bring.