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CLIMATE BREAKDOWN
Over seventy articles; studies, research and reports about the pollution and biodiversity loss caused by animal agriculture and fishing The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report on the desperate need to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit. They concluded that all the world's governments may have as little as 12 years to act on climate change and prevent a global catastrophe. However, we must never forget about the devastating effects our daily decisions have on the entire planet and its inhabitants. Read more about the environmental devastation caused by animal agriculture here. Pesticide use is another killer of wildlife. Unless it is stopped the industries of animal agriculture (7,000,000,000 killed every year) and fishing (2,300,000,000,000 killed every year) will cause so much pollution that the planet will not be able to sustain much, af any, life. This is even if all of the other measures are taken to avert climate breakdown. These articles are about Climate Breakdown, so there is very little info about the harm caused to human health by eating cows and other animals. There are is now so many studies that prove, beyond any doubt, that this is indeed the case. Some of the more credible resources on this include books like The China Study by Dr Colin Campbell, How Not to Die by Dr Michael Greger or movies like The Game Changers, What the Health and Forks Over Knives* (*in this case it means surgical knives). There are also websites like www.nutritionfacts.org and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine these are also very clear in explaining how a whole food plant-based diet is so much healthier for humans. The science here unequivocally shows that animal proteins cause so many illnesses and diseases amongst humans. The "Veganism & World Hunger: Experts Weigh In" article on the Truth or Drought facebook page explains clearly, with multiple references, how eating animals causes world hunger. We quickly need to embrace the solutions like getting rid of animal agriculture, animal farms and the fishing industry and working to a plant-based food system. Rewilding is known to be one of, if not, the best solutions for reversing and lessening pollution. www.rewildingbritain.org.uk & an ecologist article about converting animal farms into forests which is also reported by the Vegconomist here. The use of chemicals on the land needs to stop. There are various ways to replenish the soil naturally; growing hemp is one of the most efficient. The following institutions have published research, reports or news items on the pollution to the planet caused by animal agriculture including fishing. Animal farming causes more pollution than all forms of transportation put together. 55-70 billion land animals are killed each year. They all need to be housed, fed, watered and transported a few times before they reach any shops. An estimated 2.30 trillion sea creatures are killed/trawled indiscriminately from the sea bed in nets about the size football pitches. 45-55% of all plastic polluting the oceans is due to discarded tackle from the fishing industry. Plastic straws account for 0.03% Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Greenpeace Yale University The World Bank The World Watch Institute Oxford University The Natural Resources Defence Council United Nations Environment Programme World Wildlife Fund National Geographic The World Health Organisation The Environmental Working Group Several articles are listed under 24. These are specifically about how even small scale farms with grass fed cows cause more pollution than plant foods. These studies/articles are concerned with the fallacy that the use of animals in the likes of "regenerative grazing" or "grass fed" methods are a solution to the problem of climate destruction and feeding the world. There isn't enough land - we'd need seven planets to feed the world in such an un-resourceful way and, of course, the animals end up being killed. The meta study conducted by Oxford University is the most thorough piece of research produced: Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. (The Meta Study from Oxford University.) https://josephpoore.com/Science%20360%206392%20987%20-%20Accepted%20Manuscript.pdf PODCAST interview with Joseph Poore by Deliciously Ella https://play.acast.com/s/deliciouslyellapodcast/470066e6-df81-4b65-a635-4a567400eee4 Two YouTube videos (10 minutes in total) with Joseph Poore and Genesis Butler who challenged the Pope - she would give him $1,000,000 dollars if he would go vegan for Lent! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkqkyTMLlw (Part One) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ25O_BD5OM (Part Two) 1. According to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions. That's greater than the entire transportation sector. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm 2. According to Greenpeace, animal agriculture is the leading cause of Amazon Rainforest destruction. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/cattle-mapping/ 3. Yale University agrees. They concluded that 80% of Amazon Rainforest destruction is caused by animal agriculture. http://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/amazon/land-use/cattle-ranching 4. The World Bank disagrees. They concluded that animal agriculture is actually responsible for 90% of Amazon Rainforest destruction. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15060 5. When taking deforestation into account, a World Watch Institute report concluded that animal agriculture is responsible for 51% of greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294 6. Research by scientists at Oxford University showed that avoiding meat, dairy, and eggs would reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 70%. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/201603_Plant_based_diets 7. According to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 9 out of the 10 most climate-damaging foods are animal products. https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/10-common-climate-damaging-foods-infographic.pdf 8. Greenpeace concluded that "Global meat and dairy production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track." https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/15111/greenpeace-calls-for-decrease-in-meat-and-dairy-production-and-consumption-for-a-healthier-planet/ 9. A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Clean Water Network "documents how animal waste from factory farms threatens human health and our nation's rivers. Most factory farms store animal waste in open lagoons as large as several football fields. Lagoons routinely burst, sending millions of gallons of manure into waterways and spreading microbes that can cause gastroenteritis, fevers, kidney failure, and death." https://www.nrdc.org/resources/cesspools-shame-how-factory-farm-lagoons-and-sprayfields-threaten-environmental-and-public 10. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world's largest collection of floating trash. A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Scientific Reports concluded that fishing nets account for 46% of the trash, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear, including ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w 11. 30% of the Earth's ice-free land is occupied by animal agriculture, including using land to grow grains, vegetables, and soy to fatten up billions of farmed animals every year. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e02.pdf 12. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the calories that are lost by feeding soy, vegetables, and grains to animals, instead of using them directly as human food, could feed an additional 3.5 billion people. http://www.globalagriculture.org/report-topics/meat-and-animal-feed.html 13. The World Wildlife Fund concluded that meat-based diets are the leading cause of species extinction. https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/appetite-for-destruction 14. It takes about 2500 gallons of water to produce 1lb of beef and 896 gallons of water to produce 1lb of cheese. https://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/ 15. At the rate in which humans consume fish, we may see fishless oceans by 2048: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061102-seafood-threat.html 16. Is renewable energy enough to stop global warming? What about animal agriculture? https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/09/is-renewable-energy-enough-to-stop-global-warming-what-about-animal-agriculture/ 17. But what will happen to all the animals? https://biologicalvegan.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/but-what-will-happen-to-all-the-animals/ 18. Eating meat has ‘dire’ consequences for the planet https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/commission-report-great-food-transformation-plant-diet-climate-change/ 19. Animal agriculture is choking the Earth and making us sick. We must act now. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/04/animal-agriculture-choking-earth-making-sick-climate-food-environmental-impact-james-cameron-suzy-amis-cameron 20. The opportunity cost of animal-based diets exceeds all food losses. https://www.pnas.org/content/115/15/3804 21. New estimates of the environmental cost of food. http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2018-06-01-new-estimates-environmental-cost-food 22. Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change co-benefits of dietary change https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/03/16/1523119113.full 23. Viva’s “Envirocidal” Report explaining the Climate Breakdown caused by animal agriculture. https://www.viva.org.uk/envirocidal 24 24a. Point Reyes Livestock Hinders Soil Carbon Banking https://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/point-reyes-livestock-hinders-soil-carbon-banking 24b. Is grass-fed beef good or bad for the climate? http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-03-grass-fed-beef-good-or-bad-climate 24c. A 30-year study of grazing and carbon sequestration https://onpasture.com/2017/11/13/what-30-years-of-study-tell-us-about-grazing-and-carbon-sequestration 24d. Is regenerative grazing clean? https://planetaryvegan.net/2019/02/27/is-regenerative-grazing-the-new-clean-coal/ 24e. Countering the false solution of regenerative grazing https://seedthecommons.org/a-call-to-counter-the-false-solution-of-regenerative-grazing/ 24f. Grazings impact http://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/grazed-and-confused https://www.fcrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/project-files/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf https://www.fcrn.org.uk/fcrn-blogs/tara-garnett/fcrn-response-sustainable-food-trust-commentary-grazed-and-confused 24g. Pasture meat isn’t green https://www.vegansociety.com/whats-new/blog/pasture-fed-meat-isn%E2%80%99t-green 24h. One Green Planet's article about how grass-fed beef isn’t helping https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/eating-grass-fed-beef-isnt-helping-the-planet 24i. Can Regenerative Cattle Grazing Reverse Global Warming? (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_XT8NXc0sY 24j. Cattle Grazing is incompatible with conservation https://baynature.org/article/con-cattle-grazing-is-incompatible-with-conservation 24k. Tom Steyer Thinks His Ranch can Save the Planet https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/11/tom-steyer-2020-climate-229843 24l. The Myth of Regenerative Grazing with Nassim Nobari from Seed the Commons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wWZLZueL3I _______________ 25. Eat more meat and save the world: the latest implausible farming miracle ~ George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/aug/04/eat-more-meat-and-save-the-world-the-latest-implausible-farming-miracle 26. Meat and Agriculture are Worse for The Climate than Power Generation ~ Steven Chu https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/04/04/meat-and-agriculture-are-worse-for-the-climate-than-dirty-energy-steven-chu-says/ 27. “People, plate and planet” report (PDF) https://www.cat.org.uk/app/uploads/dlm_uploads/2018/11/People-Plate-and-Planet.pdf 28. The joints of meat that do more damage than a long haul flight. https://www.monbiot.com/2015/12/22/sacrifice/ 29. Dismissing the vegan bashing… https://twitter.com/georgemonbiot/status/1033249987629596673 30. Food-miles and the relative climate impacts of food choices https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546681 31. Meat and dairy companies to surpass oil industry as world’s biggest polluters https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/meat-dairy-industry-greenhouse-gas-emissions-fossil-fuels-oil-pollution-iatp-grain-a8451871.html 32. Be Vegan Today page about environmental benefits of veganism. http://bevegantoday.blogspot.com/p/the-environmental-benefits-of-veganism.html 33. The contribution of cattle urine and dung to nitrous oxide emissions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024564 34. Could we save the world if we all went vegan (Financial Times says “yes”) https://www.ft.com/content/3b210ddc-bba0-11e8-8274-55b72926558f 35. Animal Aid article about UN statement to adopt plant-based diet https://www.animalaid.org.uk/adopt-a-more-plant-based-diet-to-save-the-planet-says-the-un 36. UN Report about loss of natural life https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/06/human-society-under-urgent-threat-loss-earth-natural-life-un-report 37. Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987 38. Why We Are Better off Without Animal Manure https://thegreenvegans.com/why-we-are-better-off-without-animal-manure 39. The IPCC approved and accepted Climate Change and Land https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srccl/ 40. Seven Things to Know About the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/08/7-things-know-about-ipcc-special-report-land-and-climate 41. This Land is the Only Land There is… https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/how-think-about-dire-new-ipcc-climate-report/595705/ 42. We Must Change Food Production to Save the World https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/03/ipcc-land-use-food-production-key-to-climate-crisis-leaked-report 43. We can’t keep eating as we are – why isn’t the IPCC shouting this from the rooftops? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/08/ipcc-land-climate-report-carbon-cost-meat-dairy 44. You and Meat Can Save The Planet https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpellmanrowland/2019/08/23/you-and-meat-can-save-the-planet 45. Complicity in Destruction 48 page PDF about Brazil https://amazonwatch.org/assets/files/2019-complicity-in-destruction-2.pdf 46. Every meat eater on the planet is helping to fuel the Amazon forest fires https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amazon-forest-fire-brazil-beef-meat-vegan-vegetarian-brazil-a9076236.html 47. The Ultimate Mystery Meat http://www.mightyearth.org/mysterymeat/ 48. Revealed: rampant deforestation of Amazon driven by global greed for meat https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/02/revealed-amazon-deforestation-driven-global-greed-meat-brazil 49. The Meat of the Matter ~ George Monbiot https://www.monbiot.com/2017/10/06/the-meat-of-the-matter/ 50. Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3437e.pdf 51. 50% less cows in USA by 2030 https://www.rethinkx.com/food-and-agriculture 52. $1,000,000 a minute; the farming subsidies destroying the world. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/16/1m-a-minute-the-farming-subsidies-destroying-the-world 53. Superbug hotspots emerging in farms across globe – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/19/superbug-hotspots-emerging-in-farms-across-globe-study 54. Switzerland May Soon Ban All Factory Farms https://www.livekindly.co/switzerland-ban-factory-farms 55. Top British Barrister Says Eating Meat Could Become Illegal https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/eating-meat-illegal-vegans-michael-mansfield-qc-labour-conference-a9115656.html 56. There's an easy way to slash your environmental impact: go vegan https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/09/20/easy-way-slash-environmental-impact-go-vegan 57. ‘Rethinking Food and Agriculture https://www.rethinkx.com/food-and-agriculture REPORT PDF Instant download link: bit.ly/rethinkag 58. How Over Grazing in Syria led to war! https://theecologist.org/2015/jun/05/over-grazing-and-desertification-syrian-steppe-are-root-causes-war 59. Humans - just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/21/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study 60. Why we must cut out meat and dairy for dinner to save the planet https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/28/meat-of-the-matter-the-inconvenient-truth-about-what-we-eat 61. State of Nature 2019 documents how human impacts are driving sweeping changes in wildlife in the UK. https://www.mammal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/55654-1_RSPB_State-of-Nature-Report_ONLINE_AW3_v4-1.pdf 62. The assessment report on Land Degradation and Restoration Summary for Policymakers by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/spm_3bi_ldr_digital.pdf 63. British beef (cow) producers in crisis warn farming union https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49073449 64. Researchers at Colorado State University find multiple effects on soil from manure from cows administered antibiotics https://phys.org/news/2019-10-multiple-effects-soil-manure-cows.html 65. Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/veganism-environmental-impact-planet-reduced-plant-based-diet-humans-study-a8378631.html 66. Vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/05/vast-animal-feed-crops-meat-needs-destroying-planet 67. The Climate Crisis Secret https://sentientmedia.org/the-climate-crisis-secret/ 68. Animal Agriculture's Contributions to Climate Change PDF https://www.academia.edu/39416397/Thesis_ANIMAL_AGRICULTURES_CONTRIBUTIONS_TO_CLIMATE_CHANGE_Nicholas_Carter 69. Address poop! 85% comes from domesticated animals of which 62% from cows. https://thebulletin.org/2019/11/how-human-and-animal-excrement-harm-the-planets-ecosystem/ 70. Are modern plant-based diets and foods actually sustainable www.fcrn.org.uk/fcrn-blogs/helen-breewood/are-modern-plant-based-diets-and-foods-actually-sustainable 71. Tackling climate change through livestock http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/resources/en/publications/tackling_climate_change/index.htm 72. Cows driving record methane emissions https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/15/world/methane-emissions-record-scli-intl-scn/index.html 73. If anyone knows anymore reports with links to add please let me know! The first 15 links were collated by Vincent Laresca. Solutions... Transforming food and agricultural systems http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1254608 Animal Farmers Gone Vegan http://bevegantoday.blogspot.com/p/animal-farmers-gone-vegan.html Transitioning to a Plant-Based food system Businesses Individuals _____________________________ |
