INTRODUCTION
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1
| THE FUTURE IS NOW |
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Why
It Matters |
1 |
Invisible
Danger |
2 |
Paris
and Beyond |
2 |
Social
Responsibility |
3 |
Pace
of Climate Change |
5 |
Evidence
of Poor Presentation? |
7 |
Major
Polluters of GHGs |
10 |
Conclusion
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11 |
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2
| MEAT THE FUTURE |
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Introduction
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13 |
Dietary
Transformation |
14 |
Food's
Footprint |
15 |
Food
Animals' GHGs |
17 |
Addressing
Livestock GHGs |
19 |
Wellness
of Plant-based Diet |
20 |
Outline
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21 |
Conclusion
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23 |
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PART
I - CLIMATE 101 |
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3
| CLIMATE SCIENCE |
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Introduction
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25 |
Climate
Literacy |
25 |
What
is Climate Change? |
26 |
What
is Global Warming? |
26 |
Climate
Chemistry |
27 |
CO2
and Historical Temperature |
28 |
Modern
Temperature Trends |
29 |
Why
Is 1°C Rise a Big Deal? |
30 |
Arctic
Sea Ice Trends |
31 |
Climate
Women |
33 |
Conclusion
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34 |
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4
| CLIMATE POLITICS |
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Introduction
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37 |
Early
Warnings |
38 |
The
IPCC |
38 |
IPCC
Reports |
39 |
AR5
– WGII |
40 |
Countering
'Skeptics' |
42 |
US
Climate Disasters |
43 |
Global
Climate Disasters |
44 |
Conclusion
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45 |
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5
| STRUCTURAL DENIAL |
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Introduction
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47 |
Denial
Campaign |
47 |
Sociology
of Denial |
49 |
Psychology
of Denial |
50 |
(Un)Sustainable
Development Goals |
52 |
Conclusion
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53 |
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6
| 2015 PARIS CLIMATE TALKS |
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Introduction
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55 |
Climate
(Dis)Accords |
55 |
COP21
Goals |
57 |
Paris
Agreement |
59 |
Climate
Mitigation, Inc |
60 |
Food
at COP21 |
61 |
Diet
at COP21 |
62 |
Conclusion
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63 |
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7
| NEOLIBERAL CLIMATE |
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Introduction
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65 |
Over-heated
Wealth |
65 |
Neoliberal
Hegemony |
66 |
US
GHG Reduction |
67 |
US
Political Climate |
69 |
US
Neoliberal Diet |
70 |
Conclusion
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72 |
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8
| HOW HOT BY 2100? |
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Introduction
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75 |
Future
Emission Scenarios |
75 |
The
IPCC's Focus on 2°C Limit |
77 |
Projecting
Minimal Losses and Budget |
79 |
Ending
GHGs: AR5 Synthesis |
80 |
IPCC's
Conflicts of Interest |
80 |
Conclusion
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81 |
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9
| BEYOND A 2°C SUNRISE |
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Introduction
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83 |
Is
the Paris Agreement Doomed? |
83 |
Scenario
A1B: +3°C by 2100 |
85 |
Scenario
A1FI: +4°C by 2100 |
86 |
Scenario
A2: +5°C by 2100 |
86 |
Missing
Positive Feedbacks |
87 |
Burning
All Available Fossil Fuels |
88 |
Conclusion
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89 |
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10
| CLIMATE & HEALTH |
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Introduction
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91 |
IPCC
on Health |
91 |
Heat-related
Illness |
93 |
Climate
and Reproduction |
94 |
Kids
Under Climate Stress |
95 |
Childhood
and Severe Weather |
96 |
Weather
Extremes and Women |
97 |
Climate
Resilience |
98 |
Conclusion
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99 |
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PART
II - COUNTING GHGS |
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11
| WHAT CRISIS? |
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Introduction
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101 |
A
Tale of Two Sources |
102 |
Livestock's
Emissions Denial? |
103 |
IPCC
and Food Animals |
105 |
INDCs
and Livestock |
106 |
Sounding
the Alarm |
107 |
Animal
Agribusiness Disorder |
111 |
Conclusion
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112 |
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12
| NUMBERS RACKET |
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Introduction
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113 |
FAO
2006: Livestock is 18% |
114 |
Livestock
Counter-claim |
116 |
FAO
2013: Livestock is 14.5% |
117 |
Emissions
Breakdown |
118 |
Cattle:
The Biggest Footprint |
119 |
Cow's
Milk GHG Emissions |
121 |
Other
Livestock Footprints |
121 |
Conclusion
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122 |
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13
| OVER-CONSUMPTION CLASS |
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Introduction
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125 |
Urbanization
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125 |
Over-Consumption
and GHGs |
126 |
Global
Substitution Diets |
128 |
Class
and Diet |
129 |
Over-Consumption
Curse |
130 |
Conclusion
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130 |
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14
| DIET OR POPULATION? |
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Introduction
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133 |
Diet
or Over Population? |
133 |
Hungry
Masses |
134 |
Hidden
Population: Obesity |
136 |
Livestock
Triangle |
137 |
Trends
in Animal Production |
138 |
Global
Carnism |
139 |
US
Animal Production |
140 |
Conclusion
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141 |
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15
| MEAT IS NEOCOLONIALISM |
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Introduction
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143 |
Trade
Liberalization |
143 |
Transnational
Food Corporations |
144 |
Capitalist
Consolidation |
145 |
Breeding
Monopolies |
147 |
Feed
and Neocolonialism |
148 |
Feed
and Displacement |
149 |
GM
Plantations and Monopoly |
151 |
Conclusion
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152 |
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16
| MEAT IS OPPRESSION |
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Introduction
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153 |
Livestock
Equals Food Insecurity |
153 |
Meat
and Colonialism |
154 |
Climate
Justice |
155 |
Racism
and Food Deserts |
156 |
Meat
the Patriarchy |
156 |
Greenwashing
Cruelty: Humane Meat |
158 |
Antibiotics
and Superbugs |
159 |
Diet
and Social Justice |
161 |
Conclusion
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162 |
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17
| THE POLITICS OF MEAT |
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Introduction
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165 |
Agricultural
Policy |
166 |
FAO's
30% Reduction |
168 |
Factory
Farming is Not a Solution |
169 |
Structural
Demand |
170 |
Mitigating
Demand |
172 |
GLEAM
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174 |
Conclusion
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175 |
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18
| (IM)PARTIAL ASSESSMENTS? |
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Introduction
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177 |
Life-cycle
Assessment (LCA) |
178 |
FAO's
Limited LCA |
179 |
Flawed
Data Selection |
179 |
Land-use
Change (LUC) |
180 |
Other
LCAs |
181 |
Vegans
Hurts The Planet? |
182 |
Skewing
Research |
183 |
Conclusion
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185 |
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19
| FAO'S ANINOMICS |
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Introduction
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187 |
Validation
of FAO's Findings |
187 |
(In)Efficiency
of Food Animals |
188 |
GLEAM
Excluded Emissions |
190 |
Other
Excluded Emissions |
190 |
Goodland
and Anhang's 51% Estimate |
192 |
Conclusion
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194 |
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PART
III: MISSING GHGS |
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20
| SHORT-TERM FORCERS! |
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Introduction
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197 |
Atmospheric
GHGs |
198 |
Unbalanced
Carbon Cycle |
199 |
Methane
Emissions |
200 |
Methane
GWP |
202 |
Nitrogen
Emissions |
203 |
Other
Non-CO2 GHGs |
205 |
Conclusion
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206 |
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21
| GOT SINK? |
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Introduction
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207 |
Carbon
Sinks |
207 |
Trees,
Livestock and CO2 |
209 |
Deforestation
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210 |
Soy
Protein and Ecosystems |
211 |
Opportunity
Cost |
212 |
Conclusion
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213 |
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22
| SOIL NOT CATTLE |
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Introduction
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215 |
Soil
Erosion |
215 |
Unsavory
Soil Management |
216 |
Effects
of Livestock Overgrazing |
217 |
Plants
and Climate Change |
218 |
Climate
and Crop Yields |
219 |
Organic
Farming |
220 |
Conclusion
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221 |
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23
| 6TH MASS EXTINCTION |
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Introduction
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223 |
Valuing
Biodiversity |
223 |
Counting
Biodiversity |
224 |
Biodiversity
and Livestock |
225 |
Mass
Extinction |
226 |
Wildlife
Removal |
227 |
Wildlife
Diseases |
228 |
Conclusion
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229 |
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24
| WATER FOOTPRINTS |
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Introduction
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231 |
Water
Terms |
231 |
Water
Crisis |
232 |
Appropriated
Water |
233 |
Inefficient
Water Use |
234 |
Crops
and Water Pollution |
235 |
Conclusion
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236 |
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25
| WASTE POLLUTION |
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Introduction
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237 |
Food
Waste |
237 |
Rivers
of Waste |
238 |
Manure
and Disease |
239 |
Dead
Zones |
240 |
Fish-kills
in One-Month |
241 |
Climate
Change and Die-Offs |
241 |
Conclusion
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243 |
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26
| MISSING FISH |
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Introduction
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245 |
Ocean
Heat |
245 |
Ocean
Acidification |
246 |
Commercial
Fishing |
247 |
Seafood
and Enslavement |
249 |
Waste
and ByCatch |
250 |
Farmed
Fish |
251 |
Conclusion
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253 |
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27
| PANZOOTIC |
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Introduction
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255 |
Regulations
to Nowhere |
255 |
Industrial
Chicken |
256 |
Chicken
Diseases |
258 |
Wet
Markets |
258 |
Avian
Flu |
259 |
Panzootic
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259 |
Conclusion
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261 |
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28
| HUMAN DISEASES |
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Introduction
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263 |
A
Lot of Protein |
263 |
Altering
Gut Bacteria |
264 |
Autism
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264 |
Bone
Fracture |
265 |
Cancer
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265 |
Celiac
Disease |
265 |
Chronic
Diseases |
266 |
Food-borne
Illnesses |
267 |
Lactose
Intolerance |
267 |
Mercury
Poisoning |
267 |
Milk
Allergy |
268 |
Meat
Allergy |
268 |
Meat
Parasites |
269 |
Other
Human Illnesses |
269 |
Air
Pollution |
269 |
Growth
Hormones |
270 |
Nitrates
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270 |
Conclusion
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270 |
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PART
IV: CLIMATE-FRIENDLY DIET |
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29
| PERSONAL CHANGE |
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Introduction
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273 |
Paleo
Diet |
273 |
Environmental
Denialism |
274 |
Diet
Recidivism |
275 |
The
4Ns of Carnism |
276 |
Cognitive
Dissonance |
277 |
Consumption
Differences |
278 |
Informational
Barriers |
280 |
Conclusion
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281 |
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30
| SOCIAL ACTION |
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Introduction
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283 |
Weight,
Shame and Diet |
283 |
Decrease
in Carnism |
285 |
“Climate-friendly”
Diets |
286 |
Social
Activism |
287 |
Divestment
from Animal Ag |
288 |
Meat
Substitutes |
289 |
Conclusion
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290 |
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31
| POLICY CHANGE |
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Introduction
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291 |
Structural
Change |
291 |
Public
Backlash |
292 |
IPCC
Priority |
292 |
Trade
Agreements |
293 |
End
Subsidies |
293 |
Biodiversity
and Human Rights |
294 |
Regulations
and Animal Welfare |
294 |
Nutritional
Guidelines |
294 |
Procurement
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295 |
Meat
Tax |
295 |
Awareness
Campaigns |
296 |
Conclusion
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296 |
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Meat Climate Change
Meat Climate Change:
The 2nd Leading Cause of Global Warming
by Dr. Moses Seenarine
Paperback 2016 by Xpyr Press
(ISBN: 0692641157 348 pages)
Available on Amazon
"An argument for combating climate change through modifying agricultural practices and eating habits."
"Seenarine (Education and Empowerment Among Dalit (Untouchable) Women in India, 2004) argues for a meatless diet as a key tactic for reducing greenhouse gases, minimizing weather changes, and improving human health. The book provides a dense overview of current climate science and policy, and reviews the impact of rising temperatures on not only the physical environment, but also economics, international relations, and gender politics. The reduction or elimination of meat consumption (referred to here as “carnism”) is held up as the solution to a thoroughly researched, footnoted argument. Seenarine draws on a variety of research to present a solid case for recognizing meat production as a significant factor in greenhouse-gas emissions." - Kirkus Reviews
"Meat Climate Change is an essential guidebook on the intersection of climate and diet, and related environmental, social and psychological issues. The book covers a wide range of disciplines, and reviews hundreds of research studies."
The good news is that plant-based diets can stop climate chaos! This must-read, essential guidebook show how, and in addition there are chapters on the critical 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, health under climate change, diet and health, antibiotic resistance, food-borne illness, and zootic diseases like bird flu. The book examines intersectional issues like how climate and diet will impact agriculture, the poor, water, forests, soil, oceans, biodiversity and disease.
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