Animal agriculture and climate change – legal developments

Daina Bray and Philine Qian

Chapter 3 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law, 2025, pp 8-12 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Animal agriculture is a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions, responsible for between 12 to 20 percent of the global total. The industry's methane and nitrous oxide emissions—both powerful warming agents—make its climate impact particularly important. The countries and regions that contribute the most GHG emissions from animal agriculture are the United States and Canada, the European Union, Brazil and Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, and China. Some countries, as well as some cities and provinces around the world, have made progress in tackling emissions from animal agriculture. There is also a new but growing trend of lawsuits applying climate litigation strategies previously used in the fossil fuel context to animal agriculture.

Keywords: Animal agriculture; Climate change; Dairy; Greenhouse gases; GHGs; Emissions; Livestock (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803923666
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