Where did they say to not do any other action? We have to address both fossil fuels and emissions from the meat industry if we want to meat climate targets. We cannot afford to ignore either
even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target
To reduce emissions from the meat industry, most of that is going to have to come from reductions in meat consumption. The process itself is just quite inefficient
If I source my beef or lamb from low-impact producers, could they have a lower footprint than plant-based alternatives?The evidence suggests, no: plant-based foods emit fewer greenhouse gases than meat and dairy, regardless of how they are produced.
I wasn’t talking about the article, I was talking about online discourse. Whenever climate has come up, it’s almost always focussed on meat only in recent times.
We know plant based emit fewer emissions. We know red meat produces more than other meat such as chicken. We do need to make progress on emissions, and that can be cutting down meat consumption and also switching from red meat to chicken. If you eat red meat 7 days a week, and have 2 days without, and 2 days chicken instead, you’re making inroads on emissions. Why is there a fixation of veganism? That was the comment I was responding to. I think it has less about the environment and more about vegans who are using the climate to further push their own personal agenda.
Where did they say to not do any other action? We have to address both fossil fuels and emissions from the meat industry if we want to meat climate targets. We cannot afford to ignore either
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357
To reduce emissions from the meat industry, most of that is going to have to come from reductions in meat consumption. The process itself is just quite inefficient
https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local
I wasn’t talking about the article, I was talking about online discourse. Whenever climate has come up, it’s almost always focussed on meat only in recent times.
We know plant based emit fewer emissions. We know red meat produces more than other meat such as chicken. We do need to make progress on emissions, and that can be cutting down meat consumption and also switching from red meat to chicken. If you eat red meat 7 days a week, and have 2 days without, and 2 days chicken instead, you’re making inroads on emissions. Why is there a fixation of veganism? That was the comment I was responding to. I think it has less about the environment and more about vegans who are using the climate to further push their own personal agenda.