Provegs campaign "Diet Change not Climate Change", that they promoted during Stockholm+50 as well as Bonn Climate Conference, made me pledge to eat less animal based food and more plant based. The facts are telling why this is important:
1) Farming and the eating of animals is a leading contributor to the global climate crisis, responsible for about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
2) Farming and the eating of animals causes tremendous damage to our forests. 80% of the world’s deforestation [1] is related to our current food system and nearly 70% of cleared land in the Amazon is used for cattle grazing.
3) Switching to a plant-based diet could reduce your food-related emissions by up to 50%.
More information and sign the pledge here:
https://dietchangenotclimatechange.com/#pledge
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