??vegetarian diets make the world a better place, study finds

研讨发现，素食会让世界更夸姣?

if the world wants to limit climate change, water scarcity and pollution, then we all need to embrace "flexitarian" diets, say scientists.?this means eating mainly plant-based foods, and is one of three key steps towards a sustainable future for all in 2050, they say.

科学家们标明，假定想要遏止全球气候改变、水本钱短少和污染，那么咱们就需要承受“弹性素食”饮食。他们说，将植物性食物作为首要食物来历是2050年完成人人享有可持续将来的的三个要害进程之一。?

food waste will need to be halved and farming practices will also have to improve, according to the study.?without action, the impacts of the food system could increase by up to 90%.

根据这项研讨，食物浪费的表象需要遏止，农业出产方法也需要改进。假定不采纳任何行为，粮食体系对环境的影响可以会添加90%。?

fast on the heels of the landmark report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) comes this new study on how food production and consumption impact major threats to the planet.

在政府间气候改变专门委员会的那份旅程碑式报揭露布后不久，这项关于粮食出产和花费如何影响地球面临的首要挟制的新研讨也随之而来。?

the authors say that the food system has a number of significant environmental impacts including being a major driver of climate change, depleting freshwater and pollution through excessive use of nitrogen and phosphorous.

研讨作者称，粮食体系对环境有许多严峻影响，包括变成气候改变的首要驱动力、耗费淡水本钱以及过度运用氮和磷构成的污染。?

the study says that thanks to the population and income growth expected between 2010 and 2050, these impacts could grow between 50-90%. this could push our world beyond its planetary boundaries.?so when it comes to climate change, the authors looked at what they called a "flexitarian diet".

该研讨称，因为2010年至2050年时刻人员和收入的增加，这些影响可以会扩展50%-90%，究竟可以会跨越地球的承受规模。因而，当谈到气候改变时，研讨者提出了“弹性素食饮食”。?

"we can eat a range of healthy diets but what they all have in common, according to the latest scientific evidence, is that they are all relatively plant based," said lead author dr marco springmann from the university of oxford.

该研讨的首要作者、来自牛津大学的马可·斯普林曼说：“咱们可以选择安康饮食，但最新的科学根据闪现，这些饮食都有一个一起点，那就是以植物性食物为主。”?

"you can go from a diet that has small amounts of animal products, some might call it a mediterranean based diet, we call it a flexitarian diet, over to a p

escatarian, vegetarian or vegan diet -- we tried to stay with the most conservative one of these which in our view is the flexitarian one, but even this has only one serving of red meat per week."

“你可以选择富含少量动物性食物的饮食，一些人可以会称之为地中海饮食，咱们则将其称之为‘弹性素食饮食’，在半素食主义者、素食主义者和纯素食主义者之外——咱们企图选择更为保存的一种饮食方法，在咱们看来是弹性饮食，但即便这样，每周也只吃一餐红肉。”?

if the world moved to this type of diet, the study found that greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture would be reduced by more than half.

研讨发现，假定世界转向这种饮食方法，那么农业发生的温室气体排放将削减一半以上。

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