ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

UN sends urgent call for massive rewilding

Existing conservation efforts are insufficient to prevent widespread biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, the UN has warned. The world must rewild and restore an area the size of China to meet commitments on nature and the climate, says the UN, and the revival of...

Air pollution from animal-based foods responsible for majority of premature deaths

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

Air pollution from food production in the United States is linked to an estimated 15,900 premature deaths each year, with 80{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} being connected to production of animal-based foods. Air pollution from food...

A transition to a plant-based world is inevitable

ClimateChange, GoodNews

The global food system carbon footprint will worsen and a transition to plant-based food is inevitable says a recent report by Credit Suisse. In a new report on the investment case for a sustainable food system, analysts say that the plant-based food transition is...

The climate apocalypse is coming and we may not be able to prevent it

Blogs, ClimateChange

Despite earnest efforts we’ve made essentially no progress in reining in global carbon emissions to keep the planet from melting down. There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters...

What eating meat does to the planet

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

Not eating meat is one of the biggest ways to reduce your impact on the environment, analysis has shown. Here are some of the startling statistics on the impact of red meat production. A huge gap exists between how much food we produce today and the amount needed to...

Melting animal ice sculptures outside parliament showing link between animal agriculture and climate change

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

Spearheaded by vegan charity PETA, animal-shaped ice sculptures were left melting outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. A pig, cow, and chicken sculpture were constructed in front of the parliamentary headquarters highlighting the link between animal...