IPCC: Meat consumption and deforestation is fuelling the climate crisis

Madeleine Cuff
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Deforestation and intensive agriculture is accelerating the climate crisis, trapping humanity in a vicious cycle of land degradation, scientists conclude

The world is heading for a future in which millions suffer from water scarcity, food insecurity, and depleted soil health unless the way food is produced and consumed around the world changes dramatically....

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