The New Merchants of Doubt: How Big Meat and Dairy Avoid Climate Action

 

The Urgency of Reducing Methane Emissions - Courtesy of the Changing Markets Foundation

The science is clear: we cannot meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree temperature increase target without significantly cutting methane emissions and reducing animal product consumption. The agricultural sector is a major climate change contributor through methane and nitrous oxide pollution and deforestation. Over 200 climate scientists believe livestock emissions must peak by 2025 in high- and middle-income countries and cut globally by 50% by 2030.

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