India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > Featured Articles > Livestock and climate change > Livestock and climate change

Livestock and climate change [1]

Whenever the causes of climate change are discussed, fossil fuels top the list.Oil, natural gas, and especially coal are indeed major sources of human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). But we believe that the life cycle and supply chain of domesticated animals raised for food have been vastly underestimated as a source of GHGs, and in fact account for at least half of all human-caused GHGs.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Robert Goodland [2], Jeff Anhang [3]
World Watch [4]
0
0
10
Tags:
Livestock [5], Animal Products [6], Food Process Industry [7], Carbon Dioxide [8], Climate Change [9], Green House Gases [10], Climate Mitigation [11], FAO [12]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/livestock-and-climate-change

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/livestock-and-climate-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/robert-goodland
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jeff-anhang
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/world-watch
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-products
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-process-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fao