Eating meat contributes to climate change – Obama

Climate change is a threat to the human race. It could destroy life as we know it.

And meat eaters are among those driving our beautiful planet towards destruction.

That’s according to former US president Barack Obama.

“As people want to increase meat consumption, that in turn is spiking the growth of greenhouse emissions coming out of the agricultural sector,” Obama said during a conversation about food with his former chef Sam Kass at a food innovation summit in Milan.

“People aren’t as familiar with the impact of cows and methane.

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“As people want to increase more meat consumption, that in turn is spiking the growth of greenhouse emissions coming out of the agricultural sectors.

“No matter what, we are going to see an increase in meat consumption. What it does mean is that we’re also going to have to find ways to produce protein in a more efficient way,” he said.