Ecology
October 22, 2008
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September 23, 2008
Shun meat, says UN climate chief
September 10, 2008
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(Editor's Note: October 16 is World Food Day.)
People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist. Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will make the call at a speech in London on Monday evening. UN figures suggest that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than transport.