Industrial Livestock

The industrial meat and dairy sector emits more greenhouse gas than the entire transportation sector, while often relying on forced farm and slaughterhouse labor and draconian contracts for farmers. IATP has, for the first time, assigned greenhouse gas footprints directly to the corporations responsible. We are building a global coalition to hold these companies accountable to climate, food safety and human rights standards.

From Net Zero to Greenwash — Global Meat and Dairy Companies

The following article was published originally as part of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA)'s Net Zero Files.

United States and European Union methane pledge a positive first step, lacks serious consideration of industrial agriculture’s emissions

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—Today, the United States and the European Union announced a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030.

Climate: a lighter hoofprint

Read the full Meat Atlas 2021: Facts and figures about the animals we eat, by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friends of the Earth Europe and BUND. The following is an excerpt contributed by IATP. 

Companies: dominating the market from farm to display case

Read the full Meat Atlas 2021: Facts and figures about the animals we eat, by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friends of the Earth Europe and BUND. The following is an excerpt contributed by IATP.

Regulate global meat and dairy companies, cut methane and avoid climate breakdown

Stringent methane reductions in the near term are vital to curbing global warming, state hundreds of scientists through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s latest report on the physical understanding of the climate system and climate change.

IPCC report reveals urgency of methane reduction, need to reduce industrial agriculture emissions

Stringent methane restrictions in the near term are vital to curbing global warming, states the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today.

Questions and Answers: Milking the Planet

IATP welcomes an informed debate on all our publications. Our June 2020 report, Milking the Planet: How Big Dairy is heating up the planet and hollowing rural communities, has generated strong responses from the dairy industry and conversations on social media.