The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law
Climate change stands as the paramount challenge confronting humanity in the contemporary era. Attempting to address the problem, the main sectors responsible for it have been subject to domestic or international policies and laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, except one: livesto...
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| description | Climate change stands as the paramount challenge confronting humanity in the contemporary era. Attempting to address the problem, the main sectors responsible for it have been subject to domestic or international policies and laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, except one: livestock. Given that animal-sourced food production contributes a large portion of GHG emissions, this Article aims to analyze the impacts that the exclusion of the livestock sector, in efforts to tackle climate change, would have on compliance with international treaties on the subject, especially the Paris Agreement. One conclusion reveals that state parties, by ignoring the sector, will violate several articles of the Agreement, which will likely lead to the failure of its main purpose of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c09eb8810af46fb979e87c2d74f84822025-01-27T05:32:22ZengCambridge University PressGerman Law Journal2071-83222024-10-01251149116510.1017/glj.2024.28The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International LawMelina Moreira Campos Lima0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-8402IBMEC, Law School, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilClimate change stands as the paramount challenge confronting humanity in the contemporary era. Attempting to address the problem, the main sectors responsible for it have been subject to domestic or international policies and laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, except one: livestock. Given that animal-sourced food production contributes a large portion of GHG emissions, this Article aims to analyze the impacts that the exclusion of the livestock sector, in efforts to tackle climate change, would have on compliance with international treaties on the subject, especially the Paris Agreement. One conclusion reveals that state parties, by ignoring the sector, will violate several articles of the Agreement, which will likely lead to the failure of its main purpose of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832224000282/type/journal_articleClimate changegreenhouse gas emissionslivestockinternational lawinternational treatiesParis Agreementmitigationdietmeat consumption |
| spellingShingle | Melina Moreira Campos Lima The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law German Law Journal Climate change greenhouse gas emissions livestock international law international treaties Paris Agreement mitigation diet meat consumption |
| title | The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law |
| title_full | The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law |
| title_fullStr | The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law |
| title_short | The Ignored Impact of the Livestock Sector on Climate Change: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Law |
| title_sort | ignored impact of the livestock sector on climate change an analysis from the perspective of international law |
| topic | Climate change greenhouse gas emissions livestock international law international treaties Paris Agreement mitigation diet meat consumption |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832224000282/type/journal_article |
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