Animal Agriculture And Its Impact On Climate Change

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released, in 2006, a publication which looked over the environmental impact of livestock on the planet. The conclusions found from that report are that up to 70% of grazing land is considered degraded, livestock contributes in CO2 approximately 18% of the climate change, and livestock accounts for about 37% of methane emissions.As we continue to find out the extent of the effects of these things, we must take these things into consideration. Presently, however, the conclusions found from this report among others the impact on the environment is substantial and at unsustainable levels for the near and far future.

Thesis: The buildup of Animal Agriculture is a great destruction to our planet and our species. It is creating lots of negative impacts like overuse of water, water pollution, destruction of land, depletion of natural resources, mass extinction of animals (especially fish), and atmospheric pollution which causes global warming.

Topic: How Animal Agriculture Waste Shapes the Environment Organization: Topically Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the ways animal agriculture shapes the environment. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, animal agriculture is a leading source of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane emissions, the top three greenhouse gasses (FAO, 2006).

One of the biggest problems in society due to the issue of climate change is the reduction and loss of crops and livestock, which can be

Animal Agriculture: The burning of fossil fuels for energy and agriculture are two of the biggest contributors to global warming, along with deforestation. Ruminant animals like cattle produce methane, which is a greenhouse gas about 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. The livestock sector is responsible for about 37% of human-caused methane emissions, and about 65% of human nitrous oxide emissions.Also, nearly a third of biodiversity loss to date has been linked to animal agriculture. Further amplifying water and air pollution, global livestock produce seven to nine times more sewage than humans, most of which is left untreated.

Food Industry and Global Warming Global Warming is a rising issue for all the creatures on the Earth. Scientists haven been discovering the reasons and solutions for the global environmental changes for decades. Also, because of the effort of the scientists and media, people got aware of the great impacts of green house effect. However, most people only know that global warming is caused by the industries, manufactures or transportations, and neglect another huge factor of the environment, the food industry, and to be specific, the livestock production. In this proposal, I will mainly introduce my topic which is “Food industry, livestock production, and global warming, develop the questions for my future assignments, discuss the importance of this topic, state the reasons why the topic is interesting, and share my personal experience related to the topic.

INTRODUCTION “The UN along with other agencies reported that not only did livestock play a major role in global warming, it is also the leading cause of resource consumption and environmental degradation destroying the planet today.” (Andersen & Kuhn, 2014). It is important, then, to consider the effects of animal agriculture on the environment. This essay will argue that animal agriculture is harmful to the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, water- and land use, and that policies in the form of subsidizing plant foods, altering the Canada Food Guide, and creating plant based nutrition coaching and support groups should be enacted to solve these problems. The first section of this paper will outline scholarly literature on the effects of animal agriculture on the environment. This paper will then discuss why a plant based diet is also suitable for optimal health. Finally, this essay will conclude with an overview of the various social policies that must be executed to solve these environmental issues.

Everyone has heard of the conservation movement in order to save our planet from global warming by saving water and burning less fossil fuels but what about the raising of livestock? “Nitrous oxide that is produced by animal agriculture has a global warming potential 296 times greater than CO2 emissions per pound.” Due to the fear of being attacked by major meat and dairy corporations, many environmental organizations do not talk about animal agriculture being the leading cause of environmental destruction even though their entire mission is to help protect our planet. Raising animals for food is the true agent to global warming, and therefore, there needs to be an end to the overproduction and consumption of animal products for its immense

Animal Agriculture and Environmental Destruction Many people who fancy themselves to be environmentalists are fond of demonizing the automobile industry, calling it the number one agent of global pollution. (Just look at some of the literature emanating from such "mainstream" organizations as Environment California and the Sierra Club.) However, when it comes to environmental destruction, animal agriculture is the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge, confront, or talk about. Animal-based agriculture is the number one cause of deforestation, air pollution, and water pollution. Therefore, those people who still incorporate meat, eggs, or dairy products in their diet cannot claim to be environmentalists.

We are on the verge of severe climate change, caused in part by the agricultural industry and suffering animals, but nobody cares. Climate change is upon us caused in part by the agricultural industry. The animal industry continues to wreak havoc on unfortunate livestock who are kept in captivity, and live a life of pain. While finally, we as humans seem to lack the ethic we need to fix our problems, and save not only ourselves, but the animals we share the world with.

Climate change undoubtedly has a monumental effect on countries across the globe, It is becoming increasingly clear that it is the most important challenge facing international relations today. Agriculture and more specifically animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to human made climate change. This is important for international relations because animal agriculture effects trade, global food security and the global economy. With the population growing at a rapid pace the demand on animal agricuture is also rapidly increasing. This essay will discuss the consequences of the globes meat consumption and the challenge it poses to international relations. It will then go on to discuss the way the international community should address global food security while reducing the animal agriculture industries effect on the environment.

Animal agriculture is the growing and raising of animals in preparation for slaughter and consumption by humans, or other animals. When raising meat animals it takes 12 times as much land, 13 times more fossil fuel, and 15 times more water than it takes to grow vegetables, fruit, or grains. It also produces more greenhouse gas than all modes of transportation combined (citation). The increase of greenhouse gases increase the effects of the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the idea that is that when more gas is released the sun’s warmth is trapped closer to the earth. The greenhouse effect is one of the contributors to global warming. Another way raising cattle affects the environment is in many cases land becomes deforested to create more land for cattle to graze. Even though meat is important for a healthy diet since it

Many scientists and researchers have become worried about the health of our Earth. With increasing climate temperatures that can be noticed world-wide, scientists have been searching for a cause. It is widely believed that greenhouse gases are responsible.These gases: water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane, to name few, become trapped in the atmosphere and work to absorb and emit radiation, resulting in a rise in temperature. The most suspected causes: agriculture and livestock. It has been said that agriculture is the biggest contributing factor of methane emissions within the United States. Many people believe that the reduction of/ riddance of meat from the population's diet will supply the change needed to save the Earth, however, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Humans should continue to produce animal products, but become more mindful of the changes that are continually made to the Earth and the impact it has on other species.

Cattle, like lamb and ruminants release through the digestive process large amounts of the powerful greenhouse gas methane, and thus contribute to global warming on the same scale as cars. But both beef and lamb can assimilate nutrients from grass and herbs on land not suitable for cultivation. Grazing animals preserve the diversity of our agricultural landscape. Note that this applies in Sweden but, for example, in Brazil grazing animals contributes to the loss of biodiversity as the species-rich rainforest are cut down to become pasture. Even though they can get nutrients from grass and herbs, they still consume

Uhhhhhhhhhh immigrant workers In recent years, animal agriculture has been a focal point of many studies due to the rising threat of climate change. Animal agriculture, or in more recent years intensive animal farming, is the treatment and harvesting of farm animals such as chickens, cows, and pigs. Since the late 19th centuries, animal agriculture has been rapidly increasing, to a point where the amount of animal agriculture production doubled four times between 1820 and 1975 (Scully). The study of animal agriculture hasn't gotten much of the spotlight in recent years, not until global warming started to become a massive problem and threat to the new world. During these reports, they discovered that animals produce immense amounts of methane, a gas thirteen times more lethal than carbon dioxide. These reports led into a different section, and began to study the effects of animal agriculture on the people, not on the environment. There can be many different social issues caused by the increase of animal agriculture, many of which can be extremely detrimental to the community. There are also some problems caused politically, with the large influx of immigrant workers to take these agriculture jobs, but they also come along with some benefits for the community.