A tractor and air seeder plants garbanzo beans in the Palouse region near Pullman, Washington. A new report released during a Climate Week panel points out that it takes 100 times more land to produce the same amount of protein from beef compared to protein-rich plants like legumes. Credit: Rick Dalton/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The agenda for Climate Week NYC this year was packed with events at venues all over the city, but prominent among them were panels and discussions focused on food and agriculture. Regenerative agriculture even got its own venue—the “Regen House,” intended to host “revolutionary conversations centered around regenerative food systems,” according to its website. The focus on food and agriculture—as both victim and culprit of climate change—has been growing at massive, climate-focused events, including at the last two annual United Nations global climate conferences. Food and climate advocates say it’s about time. But some advocates are becoming more vigilant about monitoring the food industry’s growing presence at these events and what they say are slick attempts to gloss over the climate impacts of the meat and dairy industries. Livestock production is responsible for a majority of greenhouse gas emissions from the food system—more than 30 percent of methane from human-caused sources—and research has shown that unless emissions from the food system are slashed, the world has no chance of slowing climate change, even if the burning of fossil fuels stopped today. Explore the latest news about what’s at stake for the climate during this election season. Read “There seemed to be increased attention on the need to address animal agriculture emissions,” said Viveca Morris, a clinical lecturer in law and executive director of Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale University, who attended the events this year. Last year, Morris noted, the CEO […]
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