CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is here. We can no longer ignore the rising temperatures, rising seas and extreme weather events.
Meat causes twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods
Production of meat worldwide emits 28 times as much as growing plants, and most crops are raised to feed animals bound for slaughter.
Netherlands considers cutting livestock numbers
Dutch politicians are considering plans to force hundreds of farmers to sell up and cut livestock numbers, to reduce damaging ammonia pollution.
No vaccine for a sick planet says French president
The world’s biggest biodiversity summit since the start of the pandemic has opened in Marseille with a warning from Emmanuel Macron.
Christian leaders send out climate crisis warning
Global Christian leaders have joined forces to warn that the world is facing a critical moment as the climate crisis threatens the future of the planet.
Postpone COP26 say Green groups
COP26 is seen as a crucial gathering on climate change, but green groups say there are issues with travel, quarantine costs and surges in Covid-19.
Tottenham encourage fans to go vegan at the world’s first zero carbon football match
The soccer team, Tottenham Hotspur FC, are to host the world’s first zero-carbon football match against Chealsea Utd by serving a vegan menu to fans.
Animal agriculture is the biggest threat to the earth
Animal agriculture contributes 14.5{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and yet the meat industry still receives huge government subsidies.
Climate silence continues to reign in much of US media
It’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida.
Biden admits “climate crisis is here”
The president warned that ‘we need to act now’ as trail of destruction blighted west, south and north-east.
Climate change deniers are feeling defeated
The desire of business to protect profits and the vanity of politicians and pundits helped to waste two decades of valuable time.
Scottish government plans to replace EU’s pro-meat ‘Common Agricultural Policy’
New report by WWF shows that emissions need to be reduced by 30{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} to meet 2032 climate goals, however EU policy is ineffective.
Berlin’s university to have climate-friendly canteens
Canteens and cafes catering to Berlin’s sizeable student population at four different universities will offer a predominantly vegan menu from October 2021.
Could we finally be seeing the end of climate change denialism in the media?
According to a study that assessed representations of climate change between 2005 and 2019, 90{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of all media presented accurate climate science.
Dependence on animal agriculture is fuelling climate change
The earth is on fire at this moment, and the situation will only get worse if we fail to act. For this to happen, more people must quit animal agriculture.
Dumping animal agriculture can help us meet climate goals, says think-tank
A report by independent think-tank, RethinkX shows that we could cut GHG emissions by 90{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} if we deal with transport, energy and animal agriculture.