Professor Jennifer Jay was quoted in a recent New York Times article titled “The Rise of the Climatarian”.
From the article:
Climatarians can actually make a big difference, said Jennifer Jay, a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA. “Food is the low-hanging fruit of the climate equation,” Ms. Jay said, citing a 2020 study predicting that even if fossil fuel combustion were immediately halted, the greenhouse gas emissions from food systems would still prevent us from meeting climate targets.