African campaigners say growing demand for animal-based proteins fueling climate crisis

NAIROBI, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The growing demand for animal-based proteins, including beef, pork, mutton, eggs, and milk, is fueling the climate crisis in Africa through methane emissions, campaigners said Wednesday during the second Africa Protein Summit held in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

Industrial production of these animal-based proteins to meet the huge demand in Africa's urban centers has also worsened deforestation and biodiversity loss, exposing the continent to climate emergencies, said Tennyson Williams, director for Africa at the World Animal Protection (WAP), an international animal welfare lobby.