‘We need to share this common goal’: one university’s ambition to safeguard Earth’s stability and resilience (Yahoo News)

Yahoo News reported on climate change and what can be done today to soften the effects of a damaged planet. the UN’s landmark IPCC report, which stated that the world had just over a decade to change its trajectory in order to stay within the limits of 1.5C global heating. Once critical tipping points are exceeded, irreversible instability in the Earth’s systems will be triggered, say leading climate scientists. Shenggen Fan, former IFPRI director general stated at the recent Tokyo Forum 2020 Online conference, held in December and curated by Ishii, more than 30 renowned speakers from around the world shared ideas about how to create an integrated framework for all stakeholders to steward the Earth’s shared resources. “We need a massive transformation … because our food systems have already created very large strains on our environment, on our economy, on our soil and on our water.”