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Even if we stop fossil fuel emissions immediately, current trends in our global food systems will take us past the 1.5°C target, and threaten the 2°C target.

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All countries of the Global North urgently need Food Sustainability laws enacted. These must embed commitments such as the Paris Agreement, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as timelines to climate justice, with binding steps to reduce animal farming.

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The Global North has already put vastly more than our global fair share of Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) into Earth’s atmosphere, including around 90% of the excess CO2. They are also the wealthiest, and thus must cut their own GHG emission enough to keep the world below the 1.5°C target.  

Without drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in our food and agriculture, the goals of the Paris Agreement and the 1.5°C or 2°C climate targets cannot be achieved.

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The Vegan Society hopes to catch the attention of government officials with humorous adverts

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Today is World Vegan Day, marking the founding of The Vegan Society and millennia of work to avoid all human harm to non-human animals. Our vision is a world in which all animals live and thrive freely in their chosen habitats.  

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This year, World Vegan Day is a special one, as it coincides with the beginning of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), bringing together countries worldwide to discuss how we tackle the climate crisis.

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The Vegan Society: The environmental harm of agriculture must be addressed at COP26.

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Today, the world COP26 Climate Change Conference opens in Glasgow.

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