Book chapter
The Animal Agriculture Industry’s Role in Obstructing Climate Action
Climate Obstruction, pp.98-138
Oxford University Press
2025
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197787144.003.0004
Abstract
The greenhouse gas emissions of the global food system are on course to push global warming beyond 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, with meat and dairy production predicted to be responsible for most food-related warming between 2023 and 2100. However, compared with other industries, agribusinesses have only recently begun to emerge as a target of public, scholarly, and regulatory scrutiny for their climate impacts. This chapter shows that actors profiting from animal agribusiness have been involved in climate obstruction since at least the 1990s, with evidence suggesting that their efforts expanded following the 2006 publication of the first major report on the climate impacts of livestock and accelerated dramatically in the decades that followed. The chapter identifies key actors, objectives, practices, and narratives that contribute to obstructing and delaying climate action as it relates to animal agriculture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Animal Agriculture Industry’s Role in Obstructing Climate Action
- Creators
- Kathrin LauberViveca MorrisJennifer JacquetPeter LiIna MöllerSilvia SecchiAlex WijeratnaMelina De Bona
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Climate Obstruction, pp.98-138
- DOI
- 10.1093/oso/9780197787144.003.0004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York, NY
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2025
- Academic Unit
- School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability
- Record Identifier
- 9985016009602771
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