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Meat and global warming by Stephane Massa-Bidal

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meatproduction accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gasemissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds,for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, whichis 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbondioxide. The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set todouble by the middle of the century.