Eliminating Meat & DairyThe fastest, most cost effective way to

reducing 1 billion tons of emissions out of the atmosphere per year

Table of Contents

Methane: An under appreciated emissions time bomb

Meat, Dairy and Global Warming

Biofuels don’t cause starvation, meat does

Vegetarian diets use less water

Call to Action: Proposal for $25 million Virgin Earth Challenge emissions reduction award

Methane

An Under Appreciated Time Bomb

Methane being collected from a cow

Reducing Methane: the fastest way to take heat out of the atmosphere

Reducing meat & dairy consumption: the cheapest, fastest way to reduce methane

“...many of us are saying if you want to make an impact soon, slow down the melting of the glaciers, slow down the rise of the sea level, and so on, give us more time to deal with things, give us, society, more time, shouldn’t you work more on methane?”

Methane Reduction: Buys us time in fight

against global warming

Source: Interview with Supreme Master Television

Kirk R. Smith, MPH, PhDProfessor of Global Environmental Health

University of California, Berkeley

“The mitigation of non-carbon dioxide (Non-CO2) greenhouse gas emissions can be a relatively inexpensive supplement to CO2-only mitigation strategies.”

“Methane Mitigation has the largest potential across all the Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases.”

Methane: Key To Rapid Emissions

Reductions

US Environmental Protection AgencyGlobal Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases

June 2006

“Control of methane emissions turns out to

be a more powerful lever to control global

warming than would be anticipated.”

Drew Shindell, PhDAtmospheric Physicist

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Source: NASA/Goddard Report: Methane’s Impact on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates

Methane: A more potent gas over shorter periods

Source: US Environmental Protection Agency Report: Global Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases, IPCC

Methane’s global warming potential (GWP) is greater over shorter time periods due to a shorter atmospheric lifetime (12 years vs 1000 years for CO2)

Methane 23 times hotter than CO2(100 yr time period)

Methane GWP est. = 23

Methane 68 times hotter than CO2(20 yr time period)

Methane GWP est. = 68

1 billion tons of methane* will dissipate faster than 1

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Source: IPCC

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of Human – Cause Methane Emissions Globally (37%)

Methane from Meat & Dairy = Manure + Enteric Fermentation

Source: US Environmental Protection Agency, UN FAO

United Kingdom #1 Livestock (43%)#2 Landfill (18%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)

United Kingdom #1 Livestock (43%)#2 Landfill (18%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)

United States#1 Livestock (30%)#2 Landfill (25%)#3 Oil & Gas (24%)

United States#1 Livestock (30%)#2 Landfill (25%)#3 Oil & Gas (24%)

Germany#1 Livestock (62%)#2 Landfill (13%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)

Germany#1 Livestock (62%)#2 Landfill (13%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)

Being Vegan 1 day per week eliminates 1 billion tons of

methane (in CO2 equivalents) *

*In CO2 equivalents over 20 years with an estimated GWP of 68

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Note: Does not include emissions reductions for CO2 or Nitrous Oxide

Meat, Dairy& Global Warming (other emissions)

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas

Emissions (24%)

Emissions from Livestock

Methane: 37%

Carbon Dioxide: 9%

Nitrous Oxide: 67% 9% from Meat, Dairy

36% from Meat, Dairy

67% from Meat, Dairy

Assumes global warming potential = 68

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization & UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization & IPCC estimates

Assume Methane Global Warming Potential = 23 @100 years, 68 @ 20 years

Global Warming Potential = 68Global Warming Potential = 23

The UN FAO states the livestock industry causes 18% of global warming --- over a 100 year time frame. Over a shorter time period, meat and dairy are responsible for 24% of global warming due to the higher global warming potential of methane over shorter periods of time.

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas

Emissions (24%)Assumes global warming potential = 68

Meat & Dairy: Cause 9 % of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Deforestation and other land use change

Desertification

On farm fuel use

Fertilizer manufacture

CO2 release from cultivated soil

Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006

Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)

Stop eating Meat & Dairy to halt 30% of Tropical Rainforest

Deforestation

Deforestation and other land use change

Desertification

On farm fuel use

Fertilizer manufacture

CO2 release from cultivated soil

Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006

If we want to halt tropical rainforest

deforestation in Latin America, stop

eating animal products.

Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide (67%)

Nitrous oxide is released from manure and from nitrogen fertilizers used in growing feed crops for animals

The manure and nitrous oxide flow out the rivers and into the ocean, where they are a significant contributor to the oceans dead zones

Nitrous Oxide is 296 times more potent than CO2 & dissipates in 114 years

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide

(67%)

Biofuels Don’t Cause Starvation

meat does

Biofuels don’t cause starvationMeat does

Every 2.3 seconds, a child dies from malnutrition

The 760 million tonnes of grain fed to animals could feed 2 billion people, so could cover the global food shortage 14 times over

1 ha produces potatoes to support 22 people 1 ha produces rice to support 19 people 1 ha produces lamb to support 2 people 1 ha produces beef to support 1 person 800 million hungry – 1 billion obese

Source: UNICEF, World Health Organization, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Earth Policy Institute

Biofuels don’t cause starvation

Meat does

Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organization, World Food Organization

2007/08 Global Grain Crop Production: 2109 million metric tons

Global hunger happens when the impoverished compete for grain with animals fed to the wealthy.

Biofuels play only a small role.

Number of People on the Planet (2007): 6.7 billion

Vegetarian Diets Use Less Water

than meat diets

Vegetarian Diets use less water than Meat Diets

Global Warming Threatens our already-dwindling water supply

Africa water availability in 2025 forecast to be < 50% of 1990 levels

US Southwest – Lake Mead (serving 23 million people with water) forecast to be dry by 2021.

Spain fining people €9,000 for watering flowers

Vegetarian Diets use less Water than Meat Diets 70% water usage by agriculture;10% is used at home, and 20% by industry.

19,737 litres of water are needed to produce one pound of beef in California. This is enough to take a 7 minute shower everyday for an entire year.

Source: Stockholm International Water Institute, University of California-Davis, UN Food & Agriculture Organization

An entire vegan meal uses 371 litres of water

One average serving of chicken uses 1,249 litres

One serving of beef 4,664 litres

Vegetarian Diets use less water than

Meat Diets

Source: Water Inputs in California Food Production, University of California - Davis

WATER

Call to Action

Together we can work together to make the world a better place

Invest money in eliminating meat & dairy to save the environment to feed the hungry to ensure adequate water resources

Via... Ending all subsidies on meat, dairy and feedstocks Providing only vegan meals on Virgin Airlines Tax on meat and dairy Ban the sale of meat and dairy in all government institutions Include agriculture emissions in emissions reduction plans Label all meat & dairy in supermarkets & restaurants with emissions levels Encourage all citizens to eat vegan

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