29th October 2024
About 34% of all our greenhouse gas emissions are food related so looking at what we eat and making changes can be – cumulatively – a very effective way of addressing the climate crisis.(1)
80% of agricultural land is used for feeding and grazing livestock, yet produces only 17% of global calories.(2) Reducing the meat and dairy products we eat, not only reduces the emissions linked directly to the livestock, but also frees up land that could be used to grow plant based foods for humans, and frees up land that could be rewilded to boost both biodiversity and natural carbon capture.
The Ethical Consumer’s report ‘Closing the Gap 2024’ records that this change in diet in the UK has already started, so let’s carry on and boost this trend even more!
Tips for swopping to a plant based diet – https://greentau.org/2021/10/12/eco-tips-11/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00225-9
- https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture
Further reading https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-tweaking-your-diet-can-help-save-planet
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