Millions of people threatened by typhoons and hurricanes more and more aggressive, Coastal civilization to sink in the oceans. Maldives are already gearing up: in recent days the government was convened under the water, to appeal to the rest of the world against global warming. And if the fight against climate change began in the pot? How? Giving to steaks.
"Producing meat is a waste of water and produces a large amount of greenhouse gases. Puts pressure on the resources of the planet. A vegetarian diet is better. " And 'what he thinks from the pages of The Times Lord Stern, formerly adviser to Blair, author of the 2006 report which first put pen to paper the tragic indisputable climate change, with a warning: we now fight will be costly, but far less would weigh about our finances than do nothing. Not to mention that the green-economy growth prospects will open new and essential in a market that grew far focusing only on consumption and the quantity. So they did not choose green, but for economic reasons Lord Stern - Professor of economics at the London School of Economics - suggested a strong Steering.
It is the same that is now, only that the appeal is not the governments - not only, in fact, also wrote to Obama asking him to participate in person at the next summit in Copenhagen - but to individuals. Because billions of people who chew products of the world can do - literally - the good or bad weather. So, away from the tables roast beef, rolls, casseroles, stews and beef shanks. To save the Earth should eat green.
to fill the planetary hamburger buns In fact we are deforested the last green lungs, to convert the production of Mangini. Cows and pigs produce huge amounts of methane, a gas that is 23 times more harmful to the atmosphere than is carbon dioxide. The United Nations estimates meat production accounts for 18 percent of CO2 emissions on the planet.
A drastic reduction would have important effects. But we should begin to reverse a trend that is uphill: the UN estimates that half of the century the consumption of meat, given current trends, will be doubled. Lord Stern has no doubts about what needs to be done: change habits, make the consumption of meat unacceptable too costly to bear watching for future generations. "Now I have 61 years - says Lord Stern -. Since I was a student has radically changed the attitude toward drinking and driving, people have changed their minds about what is or is not responsible. Will now have to ask more and more what is the CO2 content of the food we eat. "
A question that will be imperative, because the changes are already among us, despite the reluctance of governments and public opinion to accept the necessity of a new Copernican revolution, turning to a sustainable economy. It also may be going the health advantage. In Great Britain, informed the Times, the daily consumption of protein derived animals is 50 grams, a chicken breast or lamb chops. It is not an exaggeration, but it is more than 25-50% of the amount recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Article published in L'Unità - October 27, 2009
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