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• Climate Change and Meat Consumption
• Jens Holm, MEP 2006-2009
• www.jensholm.se
• www.vansterpartiet.se
• Zagreb 2/10-09

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www.meatclimate.org

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www.meatclimate.org

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Worlds meat production 1950-2000
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Worlds meat production 1950-2000

• 2005 264 million ton.
• 2050 465 million ton (approx).

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A lot of meat a lot of animals

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Animals y/w

• Chickens 48 bn
• Pigs 1.2 bn
• Lamb/sheep 800 million
• Turkeys 700 million
• Cattle 300 million

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Soy bean production
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Meat -gt global warming

• Livestock
• 2/3 of the worlds N2O
• 35-40 of the worlds CH4
• 9 av the worlds CO2
• 18 of worlds GHG
• Källa FAO Livestocks Long Shadow, 2006

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Meat consumption per capita kg/y.
Source FAO, 2004
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Meat consumption in North and South
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Solutions

• Abolish the EU meat subsidies
• Meat tax
• Information campaigns
• Public procurement
• Meat free day.
• Campaigns on restaurants etc.

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Thursdays

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Even in the EP

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Science says Eat less meat

• 2006 Livestocks Long Shadow. Environmental
  Issues and Options FAO.Meat industry and
  livestock breeding represents 18 of worlds
  emissions of greenhouse gases.
• 1997 Beef and Car? Households Environmental
  Choices Swedish EPA Food consumption 1/5 of
  Swedens total energy use.
• 1997 Vegan, Vegetarian, Onmivore, Swedens
  University of Agricultural Sciences 10-15 times
  more energy needed to produce meat instead of
  beans.
• Sept 2007 Report in The Lancet. Reduce of meat
  consumption to the half of todays levels.
• 2008, Taxation on Animal Food in the EU, Molin,
  Wirsenius et al Chalmers University.Impose a
  meat tax!
• 2008 Less meat less heat. Rajendra Pachuari,
  chair of IPCC.
• 2009 McKinseyEat less meat.
• 2009 The Amazone Cattle Footprint,
  Greenpeace.Meat consumption main culprit the
  destruction of rainforest. 1990-2003 rise in
  cattle from 26 to 64 million.

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The people Yes we can

• 1997 Eating for a better Environment, Swedish
  EPA Meat consumption should decrease with 75 ,
  milk with 25 .
• June 2009 Food recommendations. Swedish National
  Food Administration and the EPAEat 40 less
  meat!
• 2008 The Public and Climate Change (No. 5904).
  Swedish EPA 47 of the Swedes are willing to
  reduce their meat consumption in order to reduce
  their climate impact.

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Eat less or no meat!
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