The report from Worldwatch Institute shows that livestock raising is responsible for at least 51 percent of global warming . * A Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency report showed that global shift to vegan diet could cut climate change mitigation costs by 80% * According to the UN report “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” livestock production is the greatest contributor to global warming. * Animal waste and feed cropland dump more pollutants into our waterways than all other human activities combined. Meat-based diets require 10-20 times as much land as plant-based diets – nearly half of the world's grains & soybeans are fed to animals. Proportion of GHG emissions from different parts of livestock production Livestock production emissions: 18% Global Transportation emissions: 13.5% 18% of all greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities, including: 9% of CO2 37% of CH4 (methane) - 23 times the Global Warming Potential of CO2 over...