ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

EU making meat artificially cheap with subsidies

The vast majority of EU farming subsidies go to animal agriculture rather than crop production despite climate change and an unsustainable food system. EU subsidization provides animal agriculture with four times more money than it gives to the farming of produce and...

Reducing cattle ranching is critical for tackling climate change

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Reducing cattle ranching and restoring native ecoystems is a simple, cost-effective and scientifically sound way to turn back the clock on global warming. The world’s 1.7 billion cows are the dominant animal species on Earth, vastly outnumbering humans and all...

Fears for a ‘chocolate meltdown’ as cocoa crops hit by climate crisis

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Experts say the global shortage of cocoa is explained by interconnected factors, including climate-related weather. Every Easter, UK consumers collectively spend more than £1bn on food, drink, gifts, entertainment and about 80m chocolate eggs, racking up an average...

Why is the UN avoiding addressing meat as a cause of climate change?

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The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has been criticised for its lack of action on the topic of animal agriculture when it comes to climate change solutions. At COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) produced its much-awaited roadmap to cut...

There are fewer than 360 North Atlantic right whales remaining in the ocean

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Climate change, coupled with boat strikes, might wipe out all living right whales if something is not done urgently. However, earlier this month, a proposal to expand speed limits for boats – one of the leading causes of death for the endangered whales –...

The stratospheric polar vortex and climate change

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This winter has seen significant activity in the stratospheric polar vortex – the powerful cyclonic winds circling the North Pole high in the atmosphere. The winds have completely reversed direction twice so far. Such disruptions are often linked to extreme...