Jakarta (AFP) - Climate change is the last thing on Maya Puspita Sari's mind as she tucks into a steak and splurges on ice cream, products that were once a luxury but are now a growing staple in the diets of millions of Indonesians.
But the livestock sector is a major contributor to climate change -- accounting for 14.5 percent of the total global amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization -- more than those produced from powering all the world’s road vehicles, trains, ships and planes combined.