Many people try to eat more climate-friendly food by buying local, but most food that moves around the world travels by sea, where shipping is comparatively efficient per tonne. Our World in Data explains that transport is usually a small part of the carbon footprint of most diets. The bigger contributors are how food is produced, especially emissions from livestock, land use changes and fertiliser. A product flown across the world can have a large footprint, but such cases are rare for most staple foods. The writer notes that people often ask which single change matters most, and the answer usually lies in what is on the plate rather than how far it has travelled.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.