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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, released a report in August demonstrating the harmful relationship between climate change and how we humans are using land for food and agriculture.\\xa0
The warnings are dire. Agriculture and deforestation account for nearly a quarter of all human made greenhouse gas emissions -- and big changes in how we produce and consume food need to take place if we are to curb the worst effects of climate change. At the same time, the world population is increasing and poverty is declining, meaning food consumption patterns, particularly around meat, are changing.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
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Big changes in how we produce and consume food need to take place if we are to curb the worst effects of climate change.
On the line with me to discuss how we can feed the world without destroying the planet is Timothy Searchinger. He\' s a research scholar at Princeton University and fellow with the World Resources Institute. He was recently the lead author on a report by WRI Creating a Sustainable Food Future:\\xa0A Menu of Solutions to Feed Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050.\\xa0