Cultivated meat is about to change our world
Israeli food-tech startup Aleph Farms can produce cultivated meat using a fraction of the land, water and time.
Aleph Farms unveils prototype of first commercial cultivated steak product, November 2020. Photo courtesy of Aleph Farms
In 2018, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report concluding the world will pass the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Climate Agreement by 2050 if energy, transportation and agriculture sectors do not undergo a radical transformation.
Despite the complications brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, renewable electricity generation is expected to rise by an additional 5% in 2020 thanks to the expansion of solar and wind energy and hydroelectric power projects.