Food production
Research has found that food production is a major driver of climate change and environmental damage , thanks to greenhouse gases from livestock , agricultural pollution ,
deforestation to make way for livestock and
water shortages caused by farming . As the world population rises by 2.3 billion people by 2050 , these environmental impacts only look set to worsen .
Less meat , more plant-based Last October ,
scientists warned that to ward off dangerous climate change , we need to
eat less meat and replace it with more plant-based foods such as beans and pulses , particularly in nations like the UK & US , where beef consumption needs to be reduced by 90 %.
( Source : Eco-age . com )