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Climate Change, Cattle, and the International Legal Order

Climate Change, Cattle, and the International Legal Order

Author: Rebecca Williams
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509968626

Published In: November 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781509968589

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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 on 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.

The book is a key text for all those with an interest in the legal governance of climate change and agriculture, adding to the timely debate on the future sustainability of the global diet and the relationship between affluence and climate change.

1. Introduction

2. Introduction to Climate Change and the Cattle Sector

3. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Climate Regime

4. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Agricultural Regime

5. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Forest Regime

6. Climate Change and Cattle in the International Agricultural Trade Regime

7. Reconciling Climate Justice in the International Legal Order for Climate Change and Cattle