Efforts to curb climate change is hampered by meat & dairy blind spot
This report is produced by the international affairs think-tank Chatham House.
Full article: BBC News - Growing appetite for meat 'risks climate targets' (3 December 2014)An "awareness gap" about emissions from livestock could hamper efforts to curb climate change, a report warns.
A survey showed that twice as many respondents thought emissions from transport were greater than from the global livestock sector.
Yet emissions from the two sectors are almost equal, the study explained.
It added that the goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 2C (3.6F) would be "off the table" unless there was a change in consumption patterns.
This report is produced by the international affairs think-tank Chatham House.