March 21, 2024 Clinic Lawsuit launched over federal failure to protect manatees in Florida, Puerto Rico
“We are hopeful that, given the many threats to the West Indian manatee, including seagrass loss and the impending loss of warm water refugia, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will quickly issue a finding, as required under the Endangered Species Act,” said Sophia Pereira, a student attorney at Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic.
March 20, 2024 Program Devex Dish: Is it time for rich countries to reduce meat consumption?
But the greenhouse gas emissions from the global food system alone make it impossible to prevent a 1.5 C rise, according to an alarming new report from the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School.
March 20, 2024 Program The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy
“We need to see major changes in livestock production and consumption — really deep and rapid changes over the next decade,” said Helen Harwatt, an environmental social scientist and lead author of the survey report, which was published last week by Harvard’s animal law and policy program, where Harwatt is a fellow.
March 18, 2024 Program ‘Bewildering’ to omit meat-eating reduction from UN climate plan
“It’s very striking: the FAO doesn’t include one of the clearest interventions that would help meet both environmental and health targets,” said Cleo Verkuijl of the Stockholm Environment Institute US and a visiting fellow with the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School.