Press Conference by at the Copenhagen Summit with Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Sir Paul McCartney and Edward McMillan-Scott, MEP, re. the importance of addressing meat consumption in climate change.
The Copenhagen climate summit ended up in failure: an unambitious, non-binding accord that leaders themselves admit won’t come close to tackling climate change.
Their failure is a disappointment — and their failure is a challenge. We must work harder, demand more and never resile from our fight for our children and our planet.
That fight continues now. In just 6 weeks time leaders of each country will lock in their nation’s emissions reduction targets under this week’s agreement.
We must show leaders that their inaction is unacceptable.
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Cubicle style housing of dairy cows is nothing new in Europe, but animal welfare and environmental groups in New Zealand are up in arms that farmers in the Mackenzie basin are following suit.
The SPCA say they are horrified at the “factory dairy farming” plans of three South Island companies and are calling on the public to take a stand against the applications. Read more …