Plant-Base Diet The cheapest, fastest, easiest way to rapid planetary cooling

Be Veg so we have time to Go Green and Save the Planet

Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Brisbane Center

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Livestock: Over 50% of greenhouse emisisons

Methane: An under appreciated emissions time bomb

Meat, Dairy and Global Warming

Biofuels don’t cause starvation, meat does

Vegetarian diets use less water

Methane

An Under Appreciated Time Bomb

Cool Earth SolutionReducing Methane: the fastest way to take heat out of the atmosphere

Reducing meat & dairy consumption: the cheapest, fastest way to reduce methane

Methane being collected from a cow

“...many of us are saying if you want to make an impact soon, slow down the melting of the glaciers, slow down the rise of the sea level, and so on, give us more time to deal with things, give us, society, more time, shouldn’t you work more on methane?”

Methane Reduction: Buys us time in fight

against global warming

Source: An Interview with Dr. Kirk Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health at UC Berkeley, Part 2http://www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sos_video&wr_id=21&url=link2_1#v

“The mitigation of non-carbon dioxide (Non-CO2) greenhouse gas emissions can be a relatively inexpensive supplement to CO2-only mitigation strategies.”

“Methane Mitigation has the largest potential across all the Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases.”

Methane: Key To Rapid Emissions

Reductions

US Environmental Protection AgencyGlobal Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse GasesJune 2006

“Control of methane emissions turns out to

be a more powerful lever to control global warming than would

be anticipated.”

Drew Shindell, PhDAtmospheric Physicist

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Source: NASA/Goddard Report: Methane’s Impact on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates

Cooling Happens Fastest by Reducing Methane

Global Warming Potential after 20 years

Global Warming Potential after 100 years

Global Warming Potential after 500 years

Atmospheric Lifetime (years in atmosphere)

CO2 1 1 1 10’s of 1000’s of years to experience cooling!

Methane 72 times hotter than CO2!!!

25 times hotter than CO2!!!

7 times hotter than CO2!!!

9 to 15 years to experience cooling!

Nitrous Oxide

289 298 153 114 years to experience cooling!

Methane: A more potent gas over shorter periods

Source: Estimates from data in : US Environmental Protection Agency Report: Global Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases, IPCC , UN Livestock’s Long Shadow

Fully accounting for methane’s true global warming potential means methane plays a greater role in global warming, as seen on the right.

Methane 23 times hotter than CO2(100 yr time period)

Methane GWP est. = 23

Methane 68 times hotter than CO2(20 yr time period)

Methane GWP est. = 68

1 billion tons of methane* will dissipate faster than 1

billion tons of CO2

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Source: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I, Table 6.7

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of Human – Cause Methane Emissions Globally (37%)

Methane from Meat & Dairy = Manure + Enteric Fermentation

Sources: US Environmental Protection Agency, UN FAO

United Kingdom #1 Livestock (42%)#2 Landfill (18%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)

United States#1 Livestock (30%)#2 Landfill (25%)#3 Oil & Gas (24%)

Germany#1 Livestock (62%)#2 Landfill (13%)#3 Oil & Gas (17%)

Being Vegan 1 day per week eliminates 1 billion tons of

methane (in CO2 equivalents with GWP of 68) *

*In CO2 equivalents over 20 years with an estimated GWP of 68

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Note: Does not include emissions reductions for CO2 or Nitrous Oxide

Benefits of Being Vegan to Cool the planet

We need to act NOW to address global warming

We don’t have time to wait for widespread adoption of sustainable technologies and practices.

Even if widespread adoption of sustainable solutions are adopted today, the heat from CO2 will continue for centuries.

A widespread embrace of a vegan diet requires no infrastructure build out.

Embracing a vegan diet will save money for consumers by lowering their food budgets.

It will begin cooling the planet immediately, giving us time for widespread embrace of CO2 reducing sustainable solutions.

Meat, Dairyand Global Warming

(other emissions)

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas

Emissions (24%)

Emissions from all Livestock

Methane: 37%

Carbon Dioxide: 9%

Nitrous Oxide: 67%

9% from Meat, Dairy

37% from Meat, Dairy

67% from Meat, Dairy

Assumes global warming potential = 68

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization & UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I, Table 6.7

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Greenhouse

Gas Emissions (24%)

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization report Livestock’s Long Shadow & IPCC Working Group 1, Table 6.7 & Our calculations using UN estimates

Assume Methane Global Warming Potential = 23 @100 years, 68 @ 20 years

Global Warming Potential = 68Global Warming Potential = 23

The UN FAO states the livestock industry causes 18% of global warming --- over a 100 year time frame. Over a shorter time period, meat and dairy are responsible for 24% of global warming due to the higher global warming potential of methane over shorter periods of time.

Assumes global warming potential = 68

Meat & Dairy: Cause 9 % of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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Deforestation and other land use change

Desertification

On farm fuel use

Fertilizer manufacture

CO2 release from cultivated soil

Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)

Stop eating Meat & Dairy to halt 30% of Tropical Rainforest

Deforestation

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Deforestation and other land use change

Desertification

On farm fuel use

Fertilizer manufacture

CO2 release from cultivated soil

Source: Livestock’s Long Shadow, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, Nov. 2006

If we want to halt tropical rainforest deforestation in the Amazon, stop eating

animal products.

Annual tons of CO2 Emissions from Livestock (millions of tons)

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide (67%) Nitrous oxide is released from manure and from nitrogen fertilizers used in growing feed crops for animals.

The manure and nitrous oxide flow out the rivers and into the ocean, where they are a significant contributor to the oceanic dead zones.

Nitrous Oxide is 296 times more potent than CO2 & dissipates in 114 years.

Meat & Dairy: #1 Source of all Human-Caused Nitrous Oxide

(67%)

Biofuels don’t cause starvation

Meat & Dairy do

Biofuels don’t cause starvationMeat does

Every 2.3 seconds, a child dies from malnutrition

The 760 million tonnes of grain fed to animals could feed 2 billion people, so could cover the global food shortage 14 times over

1 ha produces potatoes to support 22 people

1 ha produces rice to support 19 people 1 ha produces lamb to support 2 people 1 ha produces beef to support 1 person 800 million hungry – 1 billion obese

Sources: UNICEF, World Health Organization, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Earth Policy Institute

Biofuels don’t cause starvation Meat does

Sources: UN Food & Agriculture Organization, World Food Organization

2007/08 Global Grain Crop Production: 2109 million metric tons

Global hunger happens when the impoverished compete for grain with animals fed to the wealthy. Biofuels only use 5% of global grain production.

Global Population (2007): 6.7 billion

Vegetarian Diets use less water

Than meat & dairy diets

Vegetarian Diets use less water than Meat Diets

Global Warming Threatens our already-dwindling water supply

Africa water availability in 2025 forecast to be < 50% of 1990 levels

US Southwest – Lake Mead (serving 23 million people with water) forecast to be dry by 2021.

Spain fining people €9,000 for watering flowers

Vegetarian Diets use less Water than Meat Diets70% water usage by agriculture;10% is used at home, and 20% by industry.

19,737 litres of water are needed to produce one pound of beef in California. This is enough to take a 7 minute shower everyday for an entire year.

Sources: Stockholm International Water Institute, University of California-Davis, UN Food & Agriculture Organization

Vegetarian Diets use less water than

Meat Diets

An entire vegan meal uses 371 litres of water

One average serving of chicken uses 1,249 litres

One serving of beef 4,664 litres

Source: Water Inputs in California Food Production, University of California - Davis

WATER

Call to Action

Together we can work together to make the world a better place

Invest the $25 million in eliminating meat & dairy to save the environment to feed the hungry to ensure adequate water resources

Via... Ending all subsidies on meat, dairy and feedstocks Providing only vegan meals on Virgin Airlines Tax on meat and dairy Ban the sale of meat and dairy in all government institutions Include agriculture emissions in emissions reduction plans Label all meat & dairy in supermarkets & restaurants with emissions levels Encourage all citizens to eat vegan

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