We start with food and the impact our diet has on the planet. A regular report by the uns food and Agriculture Organisation is expected to confirm demand for animal based food meat and Dairy Products is continuing to grow. The livestock industry has grown around five fold since the 1960s. And that growth cant continue. Food production and consumption is already over a quarter of our carbon footprint. In three decades the worlds population will be approaching 10 billion sending demand for food soaring. Researchers say changing our diet is the biggest single thing we can do to combat Climate Change. Switching to a plant based diet would cut land use by over three quarters and halve the Greenhouse Gases produced by food production. So plant based alternatives to meat are set to become huge business, a 140 billion industry within a decade, according to one estimate. The boss and founder of one of the start ups in the industry beyond meat spoke to the bbc earlier this year when the company
Or more children. Also on the programme, japan bites the bullet and scraps ten of its famous high speed trains, damaged by flooding in last months typhoon. And in this age of streaming, well get the inside track on what movie theatres are doing to compete. Does size matter . Well talk live to the boss of imax. So today we want to know, with so much choice at home, including better Home Entertainment systems, what still lures you to the cinema . Let us know, just use bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business programme, worklife. Today were focusing on food and the impact our diet has on the planet. A report by the uns food and Agriculture Organisation is expected to confirm that demand for animal based food meat and Dairy Products is becoming unsustainable. The livestock industry has grown around fivefold since the 1960s. Food production and consumption already account for more than a quarter of our carbon footprint. In three decades, the worlds popu
Over the weekend. For many there will be some sunny spells but i have the black wind arrows on here to give you an idea that it is unusually windy, guts potentially up to 50 mph, particularly on sunday. Goodbye. Hello, this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. Retail titans alibaba and walmart get ready to unveil their their latest numbers amid the shadow of the trade showdown between us and china. Live from london, thats our top story on thursday the 15th of august. Are the titans feeling the burn . Retail giants alibaba and walmart get set to reveal the fortunes of retailing in china and the us. Also in the programme. Market turmoil recession fears spark a big sell off on wall street but asia pares back earlier losses. This is what we are looking at the start of the trading day in europe. You can see it is pretty flat but equity sliding a little the red. Into the red. Also, the street food explosion vendors and food trucks are one of the trendiest way
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Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Donald trump has abandoned his plans to visit britain next month. The us president had been expected to open the new American Embassy in london. British sources have expressed disappointment, but say other options are being looked at later in the year. Dan johnson reports. After nearly 60 years flying above Londons Grosvenor square, the stars and stripes were lowered this week ready for the opening of the new us embassy. It is a 1 billion building on the southbank, and donald trump was due to officially open it next month. Now, we know he wont. Some sources say the president did not wa nt to sources say the president did not want to be associated with 0bama period project, late and over budget. 0thers suggest he just didnt fancy the long journey. What about the so called special relationship . Theresa may was the