Joseph Poore, Lead Researcher, Department of Zoology and the School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford

16-Jul-18 15:35

Giving up meat and dairy in your diet could be the “single biggest way” to reduce your environmental impact on earth, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that while meat and dairy provide just 18% of calories and 37% of protein, it uses around 83% of farmland and produces 60% of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. It also suggests that cutting these products from your diet could reduce an individual's carbon footprint by up to 73 per cent. We find out more about from the lead researcher of the study, Joseph Poore, from the Department of Zoology and the School of Geography and Environment, at the University of Oxford.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs