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GLOBAL WARMING RESOURCES

Building our diets around GREEN-RATED foods is the most effective way to fight global warming. Due to a lack of consensus on metrics, estimates vary. However, it is widely agreed that livestock are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation industry, including all the cars, trucks, buses, trains, ships and airplanes in the world. Some greenhouse gases (GHGs) have up to 300 times the global warming impact as carbon dioxide, and cows in particular are heavy emitters. The best way to reduce your GHG is to stop consuming RED-RATED foods, especially beef, and share this information with others.

REPORTS

Livestocks's Long Shadow

Get an in depth look at initial livestock GHG calculations in chapter 3.

click to read this FAO report in a new tab

Livestock and Climate Change

See why some scientists think livestock emissions are much higher.

click to read this World Watch Institute report in a new tab

Industrial Agriculture, Livestock Farming and Climate Change

Learn why modern approaches are not improving the situation.

click to read this Global Forest Coalition report in a new tab

Meat Eaters Guide to Climate Change and Health

Check out the Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs) of various foods.

click to read this Environmental Working Group report in a new tab

Slaughtering the Amazon

Learn about the impact of Brazilian cattle ranching on global warming.

click to read this Greenpeace report in a new tab

What is a sustainable healthy diet?

Read findings supporting a shift to GREEN-RATED foods.

click to read this Food Climate Research Network report in a new tab

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

See science that shows that veggie farming stores the most carbon.

click to read this World Bank report in a new tab

Changing Climate, Changing Diets

Find out why raising public awareness is critical.

click to read this Chatham House report in a new tab

Grabbing the bull... time to cut meat and dairy to save the climate

Read the argument for reducing consumption to save our climate

click to access this link in a new tab

SELECTED WEBSITES

EatLowCarbon.org

Have some fun with this interactive carbon footprint tool.

click to access this Bon Apetit website in a new tab

FoodEmissions.com

Check out this food carbon calculator by CleanMetrics.

click to access this CleanMetrics website in a new tab

GreenEatz.com

Learn more about food's carbon footprint and how you can lower your own.

click to access this website in a new tab

ARTICLES

Changing Climate, Changing Diets:... Lower Meat Consumption

Get a synopsis of the Chatham House Report.

click to access this Chatham House article in a new tab

FAO Yields to Meat Industry Pressure on Climate Change

Find out why the FAO backed off their climate change charges.

click to access this New York Times article in a new tab

Livestock and climate: Do percentages matter?

Learn a lot about why calculating GHGs isn't as simple as you may think.

click to access this terrastendo article in a new tab

Cow Farts Have ‘Larger Greenhouse Gas Impact’ Than Thought…

Find out why previous GHG calculations are probably way too low.

click to access this International Business Times article in a new tab

Plant-based diets could save millions... cut GHG emissions

Learn about the Oxford study on multiple benefits of GREEN-RATED diet.

click to access this Oxford University article in a new tab

There's An Overpopulation Problem, But Not the One You Might Think

See how livestock overpopulation is destroying the planet.

click to access this Huffington Post article in a new tab

Diet and Climate Change: Assessing Public Understanding...

Diet and Climate Change: Assessing Public Understanding and Behaviour

click to access this Chatham House article in a new tab

Eating Less Meat Is World's Best Chance For... Climate Change..

See why experts agree that changing our diets is our best hope.

click to access this Forbes article in a new tab

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

Hear about UN's appeal for global transition to meat and dairy-free diet

click to access this article in The Guardian in a new tab

New Research Says Plant-based Diet Best for Planet and People

Learn how our dietary trends need to shift to plant-based.

click to access this United Nations University article in a new tab

New study provides food carbon footprint pecking order

Read about research showing that GREEN-RATED foods have best rating.

click to access Lancaster University article in a new tab

What's Good for You Is Good for Our Planet

See why meat eating is a primary cause of global warming.

click to access this Time article in a new tab

The carbon foodprint of 5 diets compared

Compare the carbon emissions of five different diets.

click to access this Shrink That Footprint article in a new tab

Cattle consumption must be halved to hit EU climate targets

See why we have to look at diet to meet EU climate goals.

click to access this Food Navigator article in a new tab

Deforestation: The Hidden Cause of Global Warming

See how international demand drives deforestation and climate change.

click to access this Common Dreams article in a new tab

... ‘Surf and Turf’... Carbon Footprint of Cross-Country Road Trip

Get shocked by study on carbon footprint of a steak and shrimp dinner.

click to access this Conservation International article in a new tab

Eat more meat… : the latest implausible farming miracle

Read why Allan Savory can't be trusted #1.

click to access this article from The Guardian in a new tab

The Myth of Sustainable Meat

Read why Allan Savory can't be trusted #2.

click to access this New York Times article in a new tab

Cows, Carbon and the Anthropocene: Commentary on Savory...

Read why Allan Savory can't be trusted #3.

click to access this RealClimate article in a new tab

SELECTED RESEARCH

 

Springmann M, H. Godfray HC, Rayner M, Scarborough P.

Analysis... health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US. 2015

 

 

Scarborough P, Appleby PN, Mizdrak A,  Briggs AD, et al.

Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters... and vegans…

Climate Change. 2014

 

 

Briskea DD, AshbJustin AJ, Dernerc D, Huntsingerd L.

Commentary: A critical assessment of... holistic management

Agricultural Systems. 2014

 

 

Daryanto S, David J.Eldridge DJ, Throop HL.

..: Grazing and shrub effects on above- and belowground carbon

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2013

 

 

Scarborough P, Appleby PN, Mizdrak A, Briggs AD, et al.

Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters…

Climatic Change. 2014

 

Harper LA, Denmead OT, Freney JR, Byers FM.

Direct measurements of methane emissions from grazing and feedlot cattle.

Journal of Animal Science. 1999

 

 

Bryngelsson D, Wirsenius S, Hedenus F, Sonesson U.

How can the EU climate targets be met?... changes in food and agriculture

Food Policy. 2016

 

 

Bajzeli B, Richards KS, Allwood JM, Smith P

The importance of food demand management for climate mitigation

Cambridge University Press

 

Weber CL, Matthews HC

Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices…

Environmental Science and Technology. 2008

 

Ripple WJ, Smith P,  Haberl H,  Montzka SA,  McAlpine C, Boucher DH.

Ruminants, climate change and climate policy

Nature Climate Change. 2014

 

Miller SM,  Wofsy SC, Michalak AM, Kor EA, et al.

Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the United States

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US. 2013

SELECTED VIDEOS

Meat the Truth

Get the facts about meat and GHG emissions.

click to access this Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation video in a new tab             72 MINUTES

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