--- title: "Meat Eating and Global Warming - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Meat Eating and Global Warming: According to the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, livestock contribute more to global warming than transport, producing 18% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Change News - extracts from recent issues of IVU Online News Some" url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6587-members-globalwarming.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:12:11+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Meat Eating and Global Warming ![Meat Eating and Global Warming](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/members-globalwarming.png)| **Meat Eating and Global Warming** **According to the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, livestock contribute more to global warming than transport, producing 18% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.** - [**Climate Change News**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5769-news-online-climate.html) - extracts from recent issues of IVU Online News **Some links to further information from IVU Member Organisations:** - from EarthSave International, USA: **[ A New Global Warming Strategy](http://www.earthsave.org/globalwarming.htm)** **[A global warming report from Down Under: Diet and the atmosphere](http://www.earthsave.org/globalwarming1.htm)** - from the Swiss Vegetarian Society and EVU - Quotes from different international organisations about climate change **[ Climate change and a responsible diet](http://www.vegetarismus.ch/klimaschutz/index_en.htm)** [*Klimaschutz durch verantwortungsbewusste Ernährung*](http://www.vegetarismus.ch/klimaschutz/index.htm) *(Deutsch)* [*Le végétarisme pour lutter activement en faveur du climat* ](http://www.vegetarisme.ch/climat/)*(Français)* [Zaščita podnebja s pomočjo odgovornega prehranjevanja](http://www.vegetarismus.ch/klimaschutz/index_sl.htm) (Slovenska) - from the Toronto Vegetarian Association: **[Climate change: The inconvenient truth about what we eat](http://veg.ca/content/view/136/111/)** - from the Vegan Society UK: **[Global Warming - The Livestock Connection ](http://www.vegansociety.com/html/environment/energy/global_warming.php)Vegans compare Footprints with Greens** (word file press release, Sep.07) - from Farm Animal Reform Movement, USA: [ **Stop Global Warming - One Bite at a Time**](http://www.biteglobalwarming.org/) (website) - from Vegetarian Action, South Australia: **[ The Great Green Quiz](http://www.vegetarianaction.org.au/)** - from the Vegetarian Society UK: **[ Why it's Green to Go Vegetarian](http://www.vegsoc.org/environment/index.html)** **- and more links from elsewhere -** thanks to the Boston Vegetarian Society, VUNA, JVNA, UVE (Spain) and the Vegetarian Society (Singapore)**:** - **[anotherinconvenienttruth.org](http://www.anotherinconvenienttruth.org/)** (website) - **[Another Inconvenient Truth: Meat is a Global Warming Issue](http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3312)** - emagazine.com - **[Burp vaccine cuts greenhouse gas emissions](http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn6431)** - New Scientist - [***"Comer carne, ¿es sostenible?"***](http://www.nodo50.org/worldwatch/ww/pdf/Carnes.pdf) *(Español) - World Watch Institute magazine (PDF)* - **[Cows, pigs and sheep: Environment’s greatest threats?](http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn10786-cows-pigs-and-sheep-environments-greatest-threats.html)** - New Scientist - **[Cut global warming by becoming vegetarian](http://www.physorg.com/news4998.html)** - PhysOrg.com - **[Diet, Energy and Global Warming](http://geosci.uchicago.edu/%7Egidon/papers/nutri/nutri.html)** - Earth Interactions - [**Eating meat worse for planet than driving, animal rights groups say**](http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/29/business/climate.php) - International Herald Tribune - **[Emission of methane from livestock](http://www.cs.ntu.edu.au/homepages/jmitroy/sid101/uncc/fs032.html)** - Northern Territories University (Australia) - **[Fight Global Warming by Going Vegetarian](http://goveg.com/environment-globalwarming.asp)** - goveg.com - **['Go veg' to fight global warming: To help our planet, don't have a cow](http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84%20)** - By Dan Brook & Richard H. Schwartz, JTA - **[Humans' beef with livestock: a warmer planet](http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0220/p03s01-ussc.html)** - Christian Science Monitor - [**In the modern world, it is impossible to reconcile a carnivorous diet with environmental responsibility**](http://www.aquarianonline.com/Eco/anotherinconvenienttruth.htm) - The Aquarian - **[Inhibitors could cut livestock methane](http://ard.unl.edu/rn/0302/methane.html)** - University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA) - **[Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming?](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/print?id=1856817)** - ABC News - [**Meet Daisy the cow – global climate’s enemy number one** ](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2007/02/meet_daisy_the_cow_global_climates_enemy_number_on.html)- From the BBC – some good information, but not veg-friendly - **[Methane emissions](http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=7F9A808A-1&edit=off)** - Canadian government - **[On your plate](http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/green-living-guide/on-your-plate)** - Greenpeace - **[Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns](http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20772&Cr=global&Cr1=environm)** - UN News Centre - **[Study: vegan diets healthier for planet, people than meat diets](http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060413.diet.shtml)** - the University of Chicago News Office - **[The SUV in the Pantry](http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc/gasfood112105.cfm)** - the Organic Consumers Association - [**The Warming Globe and Us. It's More Than CO2**](http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/the-warming-globe-and-us) - by Dan Brook and Richard H. Schwartz / Dissident Voice, May 1st, 2007 - [**Where does methane come from?**](http://www.epa.gov/methane/sources.html) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - [**Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or driving cars?**](http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/) - FAO Newsroom | A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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