Dr Pachauri has made news recently by advocating eating less meat as a personal contribution to combating the problem of global warming and climate change. This advice has its basis in a recent report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation entitled “Livestock’s Long Shadow” which showed that beef and dairy farming was responsible for a massive 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions – more than the entire global transport sector. The lecture is entitled "Global Warning - The impact of meat production and consumption on climate change.”
"UN says eat less meat to curb global warming" - Observer, 7 Sept 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/07/food.foodanddrink "Global Warning: Climate Change and Farm Animal Welfare - Executive Summary" - CIWF, 2007
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/g/global_warning_summary.pdf Dr Pachauri's Slide Show
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2008/l/london_08sept08.pps The Low Carbon Show#6: Meat & Dairy - 12 June 2007
http://coinet.org.uk/discussion/climate_radio/lcs6 Livestock's Long Shadow - UN FAO, 2007
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm