SCI’s latest SCItalks video explores the connections between food systems, health, and climate change, looking at recent trends and the urgent need for transformation.
Pauline Scheelbeek is an associate professor in planetary health and nutritional epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Climate Change, Health and Sustainable Development. Her research focuses on discovering healthy, sustainable, resilient and realistic options to accelerate transformational food system change.
In this SCItalks presentation Pauline presents options that support both sustainability and population health, with a focus on consumer-level change and the role of national dietary guidelines.
SCI’s SCItalks are given by the most prominent and influential academics, thinkers and industry leaders who are working to translate scientific innovation into societal impact.
These talks form part of an SCI’s charitable outreach which seeks to create public conversations about science-based topics in a way that is accessible to all. This is the third in a three-part SCItalk series on sustainability.
The video for the first talk in the series is available here: Regenerative agriculture - what does it mean for farmers, policy makers and you?
The video for the second talk can be found here: Sustainable innovations for regenerative agriculture
Details of the first of the next set of SCItalks can be found here: Self-regulating chemical synthesis
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