UK’s Climate chief Lord Stern of Brentford: Give up meat to save the planet

Meat-lovers beware, you may just be causing the demise of the planet.

According to British economist and top global warming guru Lord Stern of Brentford, going veggie is the new way to go green.

Sure, riding your bike to work and cutting carbon emissions works, too, but it turns out meat production is more to blame for climate change than the transportation industry.

The best way to save the plant is to give up meat, former World Bank chief economist Lord Stern told UK’s The Times

via UK’s Climate chief Lord Stern of Brentford: Give up meat to save the planet – New York Daily News.

Asia Pacific to triple carbon emissions unless it changes course

BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Asia Pacific could triple its carbon emissions by 2050 if it continues its unsustainable use of resources, putting an unbearable strain on ecosystems at a time of mounting concerns over climate change and food, water and energy security, a new study by the United Nations and Asian Development Bank (ADB) warns.

Asia Pacific is currently the world’s largest and most inefficient resource user. According to 2005 statistics, the region required three times the input of both renewable and non-renewable resources as the rest of the world to produce a dollar of gross domestic product (GDP), the study released Thursday said.

In 2005 alone, Asia Pacific consumed around 32 billion tonnes of materials including biomass (such as wood), fossil fuels, metals and industrial and construction materials. If this trend continues, Asia Pacific is likely to be using 80 billion tonnes of materials by 2050, said an earlier U.N. study.

via Asia Pacific to triple carbon emissions unless it changes course – study – AlertNet.