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Interview to Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Guardian Weekly , 30.03.09 Dr Pachauri wants the world to eat less meat, and not just because he is a Hindu vegetarian. He admits he has been criticised for saying this. But "the meat cycle is extremely intensive" in its use of greenhouse gasses: "cutting forests for grazing land, fattening cows, killing them and refrigerating the meat, transporting it long distances in refrigerated ships, storing it under refrigeration in warehouses and retail shops, then people stuffing it into their large freezers. It was not the case 50 years ago." It’s all the outcome of higher incomes leading to higher levels of consumption. He doesn’t want to see MacDonald’s closed down, but wishes the fast food chain offered more vegetarian dishes, as it does in India." |
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