Tag Archives: deforestation
Say the obvious: To save the Amazon, stop eating meat.
If you ask an expert about the causes of destruction of the forests in the Amazon, they will say: meat. It is virtually all about meat eating. Ranchers raising cattle. Farmers growing soya for export to the meat industry. This … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, society, politics and economics
Tagged Aldi, Amazon, Asda, Burger King, deforestation, Harvard, Macdonalds, Marks and Spencer, Nestle, Safeway, Subway, Target, Walmart, war on drugs, Yum
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Taking climate change seriously: regime change, state failure and anarchy
Regime change is where a country or coalition of countries intervene in another country where the leaders are engaging in genocide, crimes against humanity and so forth. Say, hypothetically, a small, rogue state was expanding its chemical industry. It builds … Continue reading
Emissions from eating meat and dairy – we need a number!
A large portion of the work of climate policy people is to measure emissions. It is a tedious and nerdy labour but nonetheless important. We are talking about science, about predictions and models, so we need rigorous monitoring and measurement … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change policy
Tagged climate change policy, deforestation, meat and dairy, meat eating, veganism
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