At least 30% of EU land and seas will be protected by 2030 to halt the decline of plant and animal species and restore carbon sinks to address climate change, under European Commission plans.

By the end of 2020, 270-million people could be living in famine conditions, according to the UN World Food Programme, up from an already staggering 149-million before Covid-19.

Global gross domestic product (GDP) has quadrupled since 1970, enabling immense progress, and lifting billions of people out of poverty.

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You have argued that governments should use the post-COVID environment to think differently about agriculture. What should be done differently?

British farmers must reduce their production of meat and dairy by a third in the next 10 years if scientific advice on limiting greenhouse gas emissions is to be met, the conservation charity WWF has said.