Animal products cost more greenhouse gas emissions, acidification, eutrophication, and land use than plant products per gram of protein.
#plantbased#foodforthefuture
The difference between 1.5°C & 3°C global warming means vastly different scenarios for the future.
Our survival on this planet hinges on these few degrees.
Addressing the climate crisis & limiting temperature rise is possible, if we #ActNow. un.org/actnow via @UNFCCC
"Raising livestock contributes significantly to carbon emissions, with animal agriculture accounting for 14.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
"In failing to significantly address the methane emissions of our unsustainable food system the pledge falls short. We simply can’t achieve recommended methane emissions without tackling Big Livestock."
Our thoughts on the Global Methane Pledge
bit.ly/3CGm6Pf#COP26
"We know that meat has contributed about one fifth of all warming since the industrial revolution. This is huge."
Watch our Executive Director Carina Millstone's panel from #COP26youtube.com/watch?v=R7Nwst…
An online survey of 11k Europeans showed 74% want the EU to set its own sustainability criteria for food imported into the bloc
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