The message from the un experts today is clear we all need to eat less meat to help fight Climate Change. The uns climate panel, the ipcc, have released the most comprehensive report on land use and Climate Change ever compiled, and it makes for sober reading. It says one quarter of global emissions are because of the food we eat, more than half of that is from animals. The report was released in geneva. Roger harrabin sent this report from there. This alpine landscape was covered by forest, the trees sucked Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and regulated the climate. Then humans cleared some of the land for food, but cattle birthed methane and that strongly heeds the atmosphere. The sort of low intensity grazing may produce protein from poor soil and it does have some environmental benefits. But it still creates more Greenhouse Gases than growing plant protein. Scientist meeting here in the alps are not saying we have all got to go vegan to protect the claimant, they are saying that