ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Chicken may be better for the planet, but it’s worse for animal welfare

While swapping beef for chicken may lower your impact on the climate, it also means killing more poorly treated animals. During COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published an agrifood roadmap to help keep emissions in line with the 1.5°C goal....

Paris 2024 is set to be the hottest Olympic games on record

ClimateChange, GoodNews

Athletes have voiced concern about the high temperatures they will be expected to compete in at the Paris Olympics this year. The Paris Olympics could be the hottest Games on record, with leading athletes warning that the intense heat forecast for competition could...

Why organic foods are less climate-friendly

Blogs, ClimateChange, HealthyLiving

Organic food has become increasingly popular over the last several decades. However, here’s why organic food is not a viable strategy for fighting climate change. Organic food has become increasingly popular over the last several decades, and sales of organic...

Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, promises climate reform

ClimateChange, GoodNews

Claudia Sheinbaum, a former climate scientist and Mexico City Mayor, has often led with politics over the environment. The month before Mexico’s 2 June presidential vote the country was bedeviled by water cuts and blackouts as a record heatwave took the country beyond...

Media fails to report on link between climate and animal agriculture

ClimateChange, AnimalAgri, GoodNews

Despite overwhelming scientific research on animal agriculture as a cause of the climate crisis, there is very little media coverage on the matter. A mere 7 percent of climate-related articles referenced livestock farming – and its effects on climate change were...

UN Officials should eat vegan for the climate says Heather Mills

ClimateChange, GoodNews, VegansInNews

Heather Mills joined climate activists protesting at the Bonn Climate Conference and called on officials to sign a global plant-based treaty to save the environment. According to a statement sent to Plant Based News (PBN) by Plant Based Treaty, Mills led the gathered...