Climate change is finally alerting the population, the planet's temperature caused by greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere its seriously affecting. Most of these polluting emissions are human responsibility and his food industry. Although much of what we eat pollutes, there are extremely harmful products such as meat.
The livestock industry, apart from being responsible for the mutilation, cruelty, confinement and millions of deaths of animals per year, also leads in being the most harmful environment and water footprint. Responsible for 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions on a planetary level, generates 65% of nitrous oxide of human origin and generates serious problems with respect to the water, a kilo of beef requires 15,000 liters , for lamb 8,700 liters and for pork 6,000.
One way to be sustainable with the environment and leave the speciesism, is to adopt a vegetarian food diet or a vegan lifestyle. Eliminating meat and dairy consumption would reduce the food footprint of 1 person by up to 73% and reduce water use by 50%.