ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Bill Gates warns that climate change could be as deadly as coronavirus

Bill Gates has warned that by 2060, climate change could be just as deadly as the coronavirus pandemic. By 2100, it could be five times as deadly. The billionaire, who recently stepped down from Microsoft’s board to spend more time tackling the climate crisis,...

Restaurant chain ‘Just Salad’ adopts carbon labelling policy

ClimateChange, GoodNews

Restaurant chain Just Salad becomes first US food company to pledge to label each product with its carbon impact to promote sustainable consumption. Just Salad has pledged to put on all of its menu items a carbon label to indicate its footprint, making it the first...

How much does animal agriculture contribute towards climate change?

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

Animal agriculture, including the meat and dairy industries, are the biggest threat to sustainability and the biggest climate change hurdle to overcome. Animal agriculture has long left its mark upon the earth. Forests have fallen and grasslands trampled in favour of...

What is the future of meat?

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

The decline in meat consumption could mean many things for the planet, global markets, and ultimately for the future of the meat industry. Global consumption of animal proteins has been rising, apparently inexorably, for the past six decades. The coronavirus pandemic...

Trump administration plans to exit Paris Accord and discard efforts to fight climate crisis

ClimateChange, GoodNews

As the climate crisis worsens, President Trump could not have chosen a worse time for the US to abandon its commitment to fighting climate change. It was a balmy June day in 2017 when Donald Trump took to the lectern in the White House Rose Garden to announce the US...

Preventing the next pandemic must take a holistic approach

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, Coronavirus

Enhancing sustainability, better land management, and educating people on the origin of zoonotic diseases are all ways to prevent the next pandemic. Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic says a UN Report....