A campaign group has launched a petition urging Bristol City Council to endorse a plant-based treaty to promote a "healthier planet". The petition is part of a national campaign to combat the climate crisis by limiting animal agriculture and promoting a vegan lifestyle across the UK.
The petition - which currently has around 1,200 signatures - claims that animal agriculture is a key driver of deforestation, accelerating greenhouse gases, land-use change, ocean dead zones, and water and air pollution. The treaty is led by Animal Save Movement which operates under a mission to end animal agriculture and reforest the Earth.
Animal Save Movement is asking the council to endorse the treaty to encourage the Government to promote the benefits of a vegan diet for "healthier people and a healthier planet". The petition reads: "Cuts to methane emissions are our best hope of keeping 1.5 alive over the coming decades, due to a third of methane emissions coming from animal farming."
