Giving Compass' Take:

• Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen reports that obesity and climate change are and will be the largest threats to our planet. 

• How can donors and philanthropist drive more action and urgency into sustainable measures that will help our global and environmental problems? How can we support a healthier agriculture?

• Here's an article about the rise of undernourishment and obesity in Asia-Pacific. 

Obesity, undernutrition, and climate change represent a synergy of epidemics, or “the Global Syndemic,” that together pose the greatest risk to humanity worldwide, according to a new report by the Lancet Commission, a group consisting of dozens of scientists spanning a range of fields.

The report argues that these global crises are linked by prevailing modes of agriculture, transportation, and land use. Because of their combined nature, progress on any one of these issues will necessarily yield progress on the other issues, and there are concrete changes that can be implemented for immediate results.

For example, the report encourages countries to shift the $500 billion in subsidies that currently go toward beef, dairy, and other industries to sustainable agriculture and production. Similarly, the $5 trillion in subsidies that go toward fossil fuel production globally should be shifted to the development of renewable energy.

Read the full article on obesity and climate change by Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen