An estimated two billion people regularly eat some of the more than 1,000 species of edible insects. The market for edible bugs is booming, with experts predicting it will expand in size to $6.3bn (£5.1bn) by 2030.

Eating creepy crawlies is becoming normal even in places where it is far from traditional: research has shown that 42% of British consumers are willing to try adding them to their plates.

Our food drives a third of global greenhouse emissionsThe release of gases into the atmosphere that trap heat from the Sun, contributing to climate change.. As forests burn, droughts ravage populations and floods submerge cities, our diets need a revolution. Bugs could solve the problem.

We use 80% of the world's farmland for raising and feeding livestock, even though meat only makes up 18% of global calorie consumption.

Insect protein uses less carbon, less water, less land and less labour than regular animal protein, and eating insects could also help to end world hunger. Insects can be farmed in almost any climate with very limited resources. They are packed with nutrients and less susceptible than many crops to changes in climate or pest damage.

Will we learn to adapt?

Yes! Around one quarter of the world already eats eco-friendly bugs and pests. They are nutritionally valuable, tasty and abundant.

No! The edible insect industry is neither glamorous nor popular enough to attract the investment it needs to be fully developed.