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The United Nations’ 2023 State of Global Climate report was record-breaking—and not in a good way. 2023 was the hottest year on record—capping off the hottest decade the earth has ever seen. These findings align with the warnings of its previous report. The United Nations’ 2021 report on climate change issued a “code red” for all of humanity: the climate crisis is playing out in realtime, and, if we don’t act soon, frequent natural disasters and rising ocean levels will put millions of people in immediate danger. We only have a few years to cut our greenhouse gas emissions, which will require a cascading series of paradigm shifts within our global economic system—as well as in our individual behaviors. Fortunately, the 2021 report wasn’t all doom and gloom: it provided concrete, actionable steps on how we can achieve the emissions reduction needed to address the crisis at hand. The UN identifies plant-based diets “as a major opportunity for mitigating and adapting to climate change,” and it recommends that governments around the world adopt policies to reduce meat consumption in their countries and regions. While new government policies have the potential to create a huge shift in our food system, the good news is that we, as individuals, already have the power to combat climate change through our food choices. Read on to find out how going vegan can reduce your individual impact on the environment—and how these positive impacts can add up to a more sustainable food system for all.Each one of us has a “carbon footprint”—a net total of greenhouse gas emissions generated by our own actions. In the US, our consumption habits generate an average 16 tons of carbon emissions per year. This represents one of the highest average carbon footprints of any country. To put this in perspective, if everyone in the world consumed resources like we do in the US, we would need the equivalent of five planet Earths to sustain everyone’s lifestyles. What we eat is one of the biggest contributors to our individual carbon footprint, and going vegan can ease our diet’s burden on the planet. In fact, a study from Oxford University identified going vegan as the “single biggest way” we can reduce our carbon footprint, shrinking it up to 73%. On that note would love to thank all of yall for trying to eat more plant based and helping us in the fight for our planet !!! for more : https://thehumaneleague.org/article/environmental-benefits-of-veganism