ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Climate strikers are planning a ‘safe’ return to protests

As the impact of the climate crisis increases, Fridays for Future youth activists worldwide are aiming to resume their mass protests with the added precaution of not spreading the COVID virus. Leaders of a youth climate strike movement launched by teen activist...

The earth is heating up at a rate faster than ever before

ClimateChange, GoodNews

The earth is rapidly heating and meat-eating is a leading cause. Animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. Researchers have found that under the business-as-usual scenario, by 2300, the planet will see global temperatures reach a level...

Joe Biden’s platform includes “zero emissions” goal for agriculture

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

Last fall nearly every Democratic presidential candidate pointed to links between food production and the climate crisis. Last fall – in debates, Town Hall meetings, and interviews – nearly every Democratic presidential candidate pointed to connections...

Greta’s great year

ClimateChange, VegansInNews

Greta Thunberg led the largest global climate strike in history a year ago when more than 4 million people across 161 different countries went on strike to demand climate action. Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist is back to school after taking a...

Prince Charles warns that climate crisis will dwarf impact of coronavirus

ClimateChange, Coronavirus, GoodNews

Prince Charles has warned that the climate crisis will “dwarf” the impact of COVID -19 and has called for ‘swift and immediate action’ in tacking this looming catastrophe. In a recorded message from Birkhall in the grounds of Balmoral, the...

Changing your diet could save the planet from climate catastrophe

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

Meat and dairy farming is the biggest contributor to climate change. In order to save the planet, more people must switch to a plant-based lifestyle. Eating less meat and dairy products in favour of plant-based proteins like those found in grains, legumes and nuts...