March 18, 2024 Program FAO’s 1.5 °C roadmap for food systems falls short
The first instalment of the FAO food systems roadmap is a key step in identifying pathways to achieve zero hunger without breaching the 1.5 °C climate change threshold. But future installments should be more methodologically transparent, emphasize the need to reduce animal-sourced food consumption and align with a holistic One Health approach, says Visiting Fellow Cleo Verkuijl.
November 15, 2023 Program 30 Law Professors Urge Congress To Oppose the EATS Act
“If Congress adopts the EATS Act or anything remotely like it—even if its proponents claim that they have significantly narrowed it in response to criticism—legislative and judicial chaos will ensue across the 50 states,” said Kristen Stilt, professor of law at Harvard University’s Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program. “The short text of the EATS Act belies the fact that it could strike thousands of pages of state laws that protect the health and welfare of the citizenry.”
November 08, 2023 Program Harvard and NYU Report Reveals Risk for Zoonotic Disease in U.S. Animal Markets
Harvard Law School and New York University recently released a report on Animal Markets and Zoonotic Disease in the United States.