Big Meat and Dairy are heating up the planet: Learnings from the Emissions Impossible series

Big Meat and Dairy are heating up the planet: Learnings from the Emissions Impossible series Date & Time Thursday, June 15 4-5:30 p.m. CEST/9-10:30 a.m. CDT/10-11:30 a.m. EDT Registration Register for the webinar. Description In 2018, GRAIN and IATP estimated for the first time the greenhouse gas emissions of 35 of the biggest meat and dairy corporations in our report Emissions Impossible: How Big Meat and Dairy are heating up the planet. The findings were staggering: Just five meat and dairy companies together emitted more GHGs than Exxon, Shell or BP. We called for regulation of corporate emissions and redirection of public funds and policy towards a just transition out of mass industrial livestock production. IATP went on to publish three more reports in the Emissions Impossible series: Milking the Planet; Emissions Impossible Europe; and Emissions Impossible: Methane Edition (co-published with the Changing Markets Foundation). Combined, the findings of these four reports from 2018 to 2022 have been covered over 1,300 times by media outlets in 78 countries. Various entities have used our emissions estimates, including Feedback, which launched a divestment campaign against Big Livestock in 2020. Our findings and those of our partners, including DeSmog, led to the creation of a website this year that exposes the climate narrative and greenwashing tactics deployed by big meat and dairy corporations. Since 2018, however, big meat and dairy corporations have adapted rapidly to the growing scrutiny on their emissions and climate ambition. This webinar examines how livestock corporations have shifted their narrative and tactics to evade scrutiny. IATP presents our insights from the series and brings together our partners to share insights from their respective work. What do these learnings mean for campaigning, advocacy and mobilization on big meat and dairy’s climate impact from a rights and environmental justice perspective? What are the big opportunities for change and big obstacles in the next 3-5 years? Join us for this discussion.