Climate change and meat: what's the beef?
What difference would it make to climate change if we reduce meat consumption?
The Briefing Room · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Would cutting back on meat consumption help tackle climate change?
What impact would this have on individuals, governments and businesses? Livestock farming accounts for at least 14.5% of all human emissions - with beef making up the highest proportion of this.
Meat free burgers are now available at fast food restaurants across the western world; veganism is on the rise, as is flexitarianism - a largely vegetable-based diet supplemented occasionally with meat. But how far can these eating trends help to reduce carbon emissions?
David Aaronovitch is joined by:
Dr Hannah Richie - Head of Research at Our world in data, University of Oxford Tim Searchinger - Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute and Princeton University Professor Louise Fresco - President of the Wageningen University Laura Wellesley - Research fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources Department at Chatham House Toby Park - Head of Energy and Sustainability, Behavioural Insights Team
Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Jasper Corbett