Discussants: Dr Kim Bouwer (Durham), Dr Rahul Ranjan (Edinburgh), Prof. Michael Cardwell (Leeds)

Time: 28 October, 3-5pm

Location: 10 The Square, room 207

Livestock food systems need to be rapidly rethought to tackle the global climate crisis. This book examines how climate concerns for the livestock sector are governed in international law and addresses the sector's inclusion (or lack thereof) across the international governance of climate change, agriculture, forests and trade. The book provides a wide-ranging analysis of legal regimes at the international level that affect emissions from cattle (and where relevant, livestock more broadly). On this basis, tensions, interactions, and common themes for livestock emissions mitigation across the international climate change, forestry, agricultural and agri-trade regime are identified. This showcases where productive synergies and damaging tensions have emerged across the cross-cutting nature of livestock governance, enabling goals of fairer and more effective emissions mitigation for the sector to be achieved. In addition to addressing issues such as food security and public health, the book highlights the problem of affluence in reducing cattle emissions from meat consumption. This key insight is significant in terms of tackling future livestock emissions trajectories, particularly in relation to securing climate justice within the agricultural sector and securing equitable and effective livestock solutions.

In this discussion of Rebecca Williams' book, experts in climate law, environmental justice, and agricultural law and policy will discuss the contribution of the book from a diverse range of perspectives.  Join us to celebrate this important research, and for an in-depth debate about transitioning to fairer systems of climate governance and agriculture. 

Please register here. All welcome. 

This event is organised by the Just Transitions Research Cluster, School of Law, University of Glasgow