Health officials say the move could see the harmful greenhouse gases associated with meat eating reduced by the equivalent of 1.5 per cent of global emissions. (meatfreemondays.com)
Whilst they represent just two per cent of global emissions today, this is expected to rise to 20 per ent by 2020 under a business - as - usual scenario. (eia-international.org)
The US is the world's second largest emitter, responsible for 16 per cent of global emissions. (canadianfuels.ca)