Promoting substitute meat and dairy products to mitigate climate change.
This is the message from a report due this fall from London University’s Imperial College, supported by the environmental protection group, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with contributions from technology consultancy Accenture, Cranfield University and English Farming and Food Partnerships.

The paper focuses on how best to reduce the 5.7 million tons of greenhouse gases released by the United Kingdom’s food sector, which need to be eliminated to meet the government’s mandatory 2050 emission levels.

According to the report’s preliminary findings, avoiding meat and dairy are the most efficient ways to reach this goal, as this sector accounts for 31% of all greenhouse gases from the food industry.

The report suggests that retailers can aid in the effort by promoting the sale of plant-based substitutes for meat and dairy.

Professor Tim Lang - Professor of Food Policy at City University London, Advisor to World Health Organisation :Meat consumption globally needs to come down; the evidence seems to point to that unequivocally; animal production is going to have to come down.

Imperial College, World Wildlife Fund and all other contributors, our heartfelt thanks for your research that so clearly highlights the vegan lifestyle that will bring the fastest, most cooling benefits to our planet.

Supreme Master Ching Hai, who has often offered her guidance in this time of our planetary crisis, further explained the tolls of livestock raising for meat and dairy during a June 2008 videoconference with our Association members in London.

Reference
http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/8887/Meat_and_dairy_cuts_again_urged_to_save_the_planet.html
http://nutrition-news.blogspot.com/2009/07/meat-dairy-cuts-needed-says-research.html

Tibetan lama recognized for protecting avian wildlife.
An exhibit featuring the accounts of Tashi Zumpo, a lama from Qinghai province, along with those of others who have helped safeguard endangered animals in China are being exhibited in Beijing and other major cities in China.

Having recorded descriptions of nearly 400 species of birds through sketches and written observations of their behavior, the monk and doctor of Tibetan Buddhism has also established an association of 63 local devoted volunteers who similarly assist in protecting wildlife.

Dr. Zumpo humbly says he never would have guessed that his actions born of love would be recognized publicly.We are touched, Tibetan lama Dr. Tashi Zumpo and other animal guardians for your dedication to the beings of our natural world.

May we all advance toward a closer connection with these colorful and perfect creations of the Divine.
To honor his benevolence and kindhearted care, Supreme Master Ching Hai is conferring the Shining World Compassion Award upon Dr. Tashi Zumpo, as well as US$5,000 for his further noble causes.
Reference
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/09/content_11678250.htm

Extra News
By implementing such measures as a fleet of electric vehicles and LED street lighting across the city, Amsterdam in the Netherlands plans to lower emissions by 60 percent from current levels by the year 2025.
http://www.pri.org/world/amsterdam-climate-change1482.html

Brazil’s environmental protection agency affirms a more than doubling of personnel during the dry season to prevent illegal logging and preserve the Amazon rainforest.  
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=998444&lang=eng_news

Mayor Bertrand Delanoe of Paris, France states that his city is joining together in an international effort to address climate change, with the latest allocation of over €600,000 being for enhancement of public transportation and bike paths to further reduce emissions.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/07/08/gg.paris.green.mayor.cnn?iref=24hours

Noting that forests in the state already absorb up to 50% of fossil fuel emissions, scientists in Oregon, USA say that if forests in the Pacific Northwest were left undisturbed, these “carbon sinks” could double their absorption of greenhouse gases.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2009/2009-07-09-091.asp