Published by SAAW International on Jul 14, 2009
Category：Environment
Region：GLOBAL
Target：Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, Environmental Protection Administration and Taipei City Government
Website：http://www.saawinternational.org
Background (Preamble)：
In recent headlines, the city of Ghent in Belgium has taken steps to reduce its carbon footprint and has made the brave decision to ask its citizens to go meatless one day a week. Every Thursday will be veggie day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8046970.stm
According to a 2006 report by the United Nation s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), entitled Livestock s Long Shadow: it stated that livestock production is responsible for 18 percent of all greenhouse gas (ghg)emissions which is more than all the cars, trains and planes combined.
Due to the impact that meat has on the environment, we need to reduce our consumption of this carbon intensive product as an effective solution to the climate change crisis. This petition calls for Taiwanese officials to take action now that will show Taiwan s commitment to tackling Climate Change.
We urge the government to promote every Monday as a day when the citizens of Taiwan will abstain from meat products in an effort to protect the environment and halt global warming.
We call on everyone s support in expressing to Taiwanese officials the need for Taiwan to adopt and promote a meat free Monday.
So please sign this petition and forward it to your friends and family.
根據聯合國糧農組織 2006年標題為「畜牧業巨大陰影」(Livestock s Long Shadow)的報告，糧農組織發現畜牧生產佔溫室氣體總排放量的18%，包括全球9%的二氧化碳排放量，37%的甲烷(CH4)，65%的氧化亞氮(N2O)，氧化亞氮這種溫室氣體對全球暖化的影響效應相當於二氧化碳的296倍。
We are currently facing unprecedented global warming. Climate Change threatens us all, as individuals and as a planet. Taiwan is ranked 22nd in the world in terms of greenhouse gas (ghg) pollution, that’s a significant 1 % of total global ghg emissions.
According to a 2006 report by the United Nation s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), entitled Livestock s Long Shadow: The report found that livestock production produces 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, including 9 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, 37 percent of methane, and 65 percent of nitrous oxide which is approximately 296 times more potent than CO2 as a global warming gas.
A study in 2008 concluded that the production of 2.2 lbs of beef would cause the same amount of carbon emissions as an average European car driving 155 miles. The amount of energy burnt was enough to light a 100watt bulb for almost 20 days.
Nobel Laureate, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated, “Please eat less meat; meat is a very carbon intensive commodity ...” and “The single action that a person can take to reduce carbon emissions is vegetarianism.”
In recent headlines, the city of Ghent in Belgium has taken steps to reduce its carbon footprint and has made the brave decision to ask its citizens to go meatless one day a week. Every Thursday is now veggie day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8046970.stm
Due to the impact that meat has on the environment, we need to reduce our consumption of this carbon intensive product as an effective solution to the climate change crisis. This petition calls for Taiwanese officials to take action now that will show Taiwan’s commitment to tackling Climate Change.
We urge the government to promote every Monday as a day when the citizens of Taiwan will abstain from meat products in an effort to protect the environment and halt global warming.
We call on everyone’s support in expressing to Taiwanese officials the need for Taiwan to adopt and promote a meat free Monday.
So please sign this petition and forward it to you friends and family!
Also please take the time to sign our global partner s meat free Monday petitions which can be found at the link below. Thank you for your efforts!
http://www.meatfreepetition.com
Sign the petition (Taiwan)：http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/meat-free-monday-taiwan/sign.html
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