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• According to current projections, droughts will strongly increase in frequency and intensity the coming decades in large areas of south and southeastern Europe (all Mediterranean countries, Bulgaria, Hungary, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, and the southern part of the Russian Federation).
• If no action is taken, food productivity is projected to decrease in the Mediterranean area, southeastern Europe and central Asia, threatening food security. Crop yields could decrease by up to 30% in central Asia by the middle of the 21st century. This may lead to a worsening of malnutrition, especially among the rural

_Sources:

1. _{Lehner, B., et al., Estimating the impact of global change on flood and drought risks in europe: A continental, integrated analysis. Climatic Change, 2006. 75(3): p. 273-299.}
2. _{European Environment Agency. Joint EEA–JRC–WHO report. Impacts of Europe’s changing climate—2008 indicator-based assessment. Copenhagen, 2008.}

• Global meat production is increasing. But to protect BIODIVERSITY AND THE CLIMATE, the developed world WILL HAVE TO HALVE ITS CONSUMPTION OF MEAT.
• The five biggest MEAT AND MILK PRODUCERS emit the same volume of CLIMATE-DAMAGING GREENHOUSE GASES as Exxon, AN OIL GIANT.
• CONFLICTS over land are on the rise, in part because of industrial meat production. More and more people are being killed for defending the RIGHT TO LAND.
• The use of ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY is resulting in more and more MICROBIAL RESISTANCE. This threatens the effectiveness of antibiotics, one of the most important types of treatment in human medicine.
• The leading producers of fodder crops are among the largest users of PESTICIDES – which contaminate groundwater and harm BIODIVERSITY.
• RE-WETTING THE PEATLANDS that occupy 3 percent of EU farmland would avoid climate-damaging gas emissions by UP TO ONE QUARTER.
• MEAT SUBSTITUTES can reduce meat consumption. The market is growing fast. PLANT-BASED alternatives currently play a big role; CELL-BASED meat – not yet.
• MEAT SUBSTITUTES can reduce meat consumption. The market is growing fast. PLANT-BASED alternatives currently play a big role; CELL-BASED meat – not yet.

_{Source: The MEAT ATLAS 2021 by Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Berlin, Germany), Friends of the Earth Europe (Brussels, Belgium), Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (Berlin, Germany), pg 10-11.}

• Raising livestock contributes significantly to carbon emissions, with animal agriculture accounting for 14.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Scientific reports have found that rich countries need huge reductions in meat and dairy consumption to tackle the climate emergency.

_{Source: The Guardian, Article: 20 meat and dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France, 2021}