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This landmark study, headed by Dr. Marco Springmann
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Eating Our Way to Extinction

This landmark study,headed by Dr. Marco Springmann of Oxford University in England, found...

This landmark study,
headed by Dr. Marco Springmann of Oxford University in England, found that in order
to have any chance of keeping temperatures below the dangerous
two-degrees-Celsius threshold set out in the Paris
Climate Agreement, in high-income countries
we need to drastically reduce our consumption of meat
by around 80 percent

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This landmark study, headed by Dr. Marco Springmann
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of Oxford University in England,
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found that in order to have any chance of keeping
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temperatures below the dangerous two-degrees-Celsius threshold
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set out in the Paris Climate Agreement,
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in high-income countries we need to drastically reduce
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our consumption of meat by around 80 percent.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:12
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
Policymakers have been - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Policymakers have been
It's entirely out of keeping with the urgency - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
It's entirely out of keeping with the urgency
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[indistinct]
The scientists at Oxford University have been very clear - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
The scientists at Oxford University have been very clear
With this in mind, would it not be common sense to reduce - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
With this in mind, would it not be common sense to reduce
We have made our proposals based on protecting the farmers, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:14
We have made our proposals based on protecting the farmers,
They're producing high-quality food for us all - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
They're producing high-quality food for us all
Sometimes under local conditions like organic, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
Sometimes under local conditions like organic,
And it's a public good that's not always recognized, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
And it's a public good that's not always recognize...
And if you want to do anything in life, you have to pay people. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
And if you want to do anything in life, you have to pay peop...
Sometimes I understand that there's a moral obligation - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
Sometimes I understand that there's a moral obligation
So as professionals we're expecting to provide - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
So as professionals we're expecting to provide
We pay our farmers. This is a decision - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
We pay our farmers. This is a decision
[Mr. Rifkin] Livestock emit methane and nitrous oxide. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
[Mr. Rifkin] Livestock emit methane and nitrous oxide.
Now most people, when they think of climate change - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
Now most people, when they think of climate change
But methane is 25 times more potent - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
But methane is 25 times more potent
And nitrous oxide is 298 times more potent - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
And nitrous oxide is 298 times more potent
[Mr. Brockway] So today we have a very special camera - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
[Mr. Brockway] So today we have a very special camera
Methane is a gas that is being produced by cows when they belch. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
Methane is a gas that is being produced by cows when they be...
[Kate Winslet] Methane, together with the other gases - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[Kate Winslet] Methane, together with the other gases