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Game over? … Not yet.

1st November, 2009 - Posted by admin - Comments Off

Today,  The Independent on Sunday has a piece, Study claims meat creates half of all greenhouse gases, which reports the recent paper by World Bank environmental advisors. They say:

Climate change emissions from meat production are far higher than currently estimated, according to a controversial new study that will fuel the debate on whether people should eat fewer animal products to help the environment.

In a paper published by a respected US think tank, the Worldwatch Institute, two World Bank environmental advisers claim that instead of 18 per cent of global emissions being caused by meat, the true figure is 51 per cent.

NoBeef reported this a few days ago and is following up the story to find out whether there are any problems with the paper.  But even if the authors are on the right track, the impact of the story may be limited. The Independent’s report is on page 4 and no other mainline UK news oranisations seem to have picked it up.  Not even the BBC.

Livestock and Climate Change is  available here.