‘So what was it like at COP15’? A tough question to answer. I think my colleague from England summed it up best in his quintessential low-key British manner – ‘it was madness’. But well organized madness, I must say. There can’t be many nationalities apart from the Danish that could have managed and coped with … Continue reading
Category Archives: Climate Change
Africa / Cattle / Climate Change / East Africa / Kenya / Livestock
Activists have a beef with livestock-keeping and meat intake culture
It is not the best time for livestock breeders to be in Copenhagen, especially those whose livelihoods and culture are intertwined with the precious creatures that provide meat in diet. Negotiators and activists here say the world has to cut its meat consumption and activities around raising chicken, pigs, and cattle, saying they are major … Continue reading
Summary of Agriculture and Rural Development Day
The Agriculture and Rural Development Day event was held at the University of Copenhagen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Saturday, 12 December 2009. The event took place in parallel with the United Nations Climate Change Conference, including the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate … Continue reading
Livestock, food and climate change
Carlos Seré The 800 million livestock keepers of the developing world are among those communities at greatest risk of climate change. They need technological and policy support to produce the greater amounts of milk, meat and eggs needed to feed the world – and to do so more efficiently with less environmental cost. Read more… … Continue reading
Eat less meat and dairy: Official recipe to help health of consumers – and the planet
he first official recommendations for a diet that is both healthy and good for the environment are published today, and they are likely to be seen as an assault on the UK’s current food system. To fight climate change and tackle the growing crisis of diet-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, British … Continue reading
Soggy pork … and other climate change choices
The world faces some interesting choices in the next few years. As illustrated by the ongoing Copenhagen negotiations, we have to decide whether and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a wide range of sectors, from energy generation to transportation and beyond. The livestock industry faces particular uncertainty in this environment. According to various … Continue reading
Livestock lead to better health in developing nations, rising consumption poses challenge
In the face of reports about the ills livestock generate for the climate, environment and health, a new study published in the December issue of the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability emphasizes that livestock production in developing and developed countries are very different animals. While rising consumption of meat, milk and eggs is one … Continue reading
Livestock in developing and developed countries are very different animals, says ILRI scientist
Philip Thornton, Senior Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute comments on the links between livestock and climate change: Continue reading
Africa / CGIAR / Climate Change / East Africa / Environment / Food Security / ILRI / Livestock / Research
Climate, food and developing country livestock farmers
Livestock researchers believe that rather than rid the world of livestock it’s preferable to find ways to farm animals more efficiently, profitably and sustainably, according to a new short film (see link below) prepared by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on livestock and climate change. Watch video. . . (Climate, Food and Developing Country … Continue reading
Farmers face growing climate change dilemma: Scientist
Farmers of the future will have to use cattle and sheep that belch less methane, crops that emit far less planet-warming nitrous oxide and become experts in reporting their greenhouse gas emissions to the government. Green Business Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gases and globally that share will rise as demand for food … Continue reading
ILRI Clippings 