Ignoring the science: we do it at our peril – over Covid and the environment | Observer letters
by Guardian Staff from on (#6C51V)
The role of industrial farming in wrecking the climate and biodiversity has been given woefully limited attention
Why wasn't the science followed during Covid-19 (Editorial)? For the same reason we aren't following the science to tackle the existential crises we are facing - short-term economic and political considerations. We are literally destroying our home, yet industrial farming - a leading driver of both climate and biodiversity crises - is being ignored.
We've had flailing attempts to address these challenges, with a timid attempt at reforming farming subsidies, a disowned national food strategy, and trade agreements that are willing to sell out our own farmers for low-welfare, climate-wrecking imports. At international summits, the role of industrial farming in the climate crisis has been given woefully limited attention.
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