Climate Change, Cattle, and the International Legal Order

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). ...