Diary 13: Climate Change and Meat Consumption

19 January 2010. I attended the Forum on Climate Change organized by the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.

20 January 2010. I participated in a half-day Climate Change Seminar at my work place, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM).

The fact is world leaders could not reach a binding accord on how to reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emission to slow down global warming in Copenhagen.

We as individuals and citizens of the world cannot wait for the world leaders to discuss, discuss and discuss with not firm and clear decisions. We have to act in our own ways to slow down global warming. Otherwise, it is a matter of time that human survival is at stake. With increasing world population and shrinking resources, we need to avoid a situation where human beings are fighting each other for scarce resources.

Let’s act now. One of the best ways to slow down global warming is to take less meat and better still take no meat. Taking meat has contributed to deforestation in a major way. If we take less or no meat, some of the environmental problems related to resources utilization can be reduced.
My family gave up meat since 1996 even though for health reason. That transformed my personal life.

You may like to know that there is a town in Belgium called Ghent that goes meatless every Thursday.

The World Meatless Day encourages people to go meatless for just one day, on November 25.

Wouldn’t you go for meatless day once in a week or once a month? It is achievable. Thanks for considering this suggestion.