Andrew Knight videos

The Hunger Paradox: HOW ANIMAL AGRICULTURE DEVOURS CLIMATE, SPECIES, AND FOOD SECURITY

The Hunger Paradox: HOW ANIMAL AGRICULTURE DEVOURS CLIMATE, SPECIES, AND FOOD SECURITY Professor Andrew Knight Adjunct Veterinary Professor of Animal Welfare Murdoch University School of Veterinary Medicine, Australia The overall message of this interview with Professor Andrew Knight is that a...

Andrew Knight Climate Change The Livestock Connection

Why Animals Matter

To what extent should we protect animals’ rights? How much do animal lives matter, and why? How far should we go to protect animals? On 24th April 2022 I was asked to address these topics, within the ‘Choral contemplation’ series arranged by Somerville College at the University of Oxford. This wa...

The Green Protein Report

There are around 160 million farmed animals based in New Zealand. The heavy national footprint of animal agriculture within New Zealand has had devastating impacts for its environment, public health, and animal welfare. This report describes how, and why, a transition to a cleaner, greener, plant...

Andrew Knight: “Climate Change: the Livestock Connection”

The human-caused (anthropogenic) rate of species extinction is already 1 000 times more rapid than the “natural” rate of extinction typical of Earth’s long-term history. It is clear that climate change represents the greatest threat to life on Earth for many millennia. Given the urgency with whic...

Climate Change and Livestock

The human-caused (anthropogenic) rate of species extinction is already 1,000 times more rapid than the ‘natural’ rate of extinction typical of Earth’s long-term history, with the result that we are currently living through one of the very few mass extinctions to date. It is clear that climate cha...

Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

We are currently living through the sixth mass extinction since fossil records began. This video describes previous mass extinction events and the causes of the current one - mainly habitat destruction for livestock production, pollution and climate change. Some 1/3 of all species are expected to...

Farmed Animals Environmental Impacts 2018

Meat The End Trailer

By Unilad, 2017

Meat The End (Vegan) | UNILAD Original Documentary

56 billion animals are killed every year for their meat, but at what cost? This documentary exposes the impact the animal agriculture industry not only has on our planet in terms of climate change & global warming, but also the millions of species we share it with. It also sheds a light on...

How Much Does Animal Farming Contribute to Climate Change

A summary of our 2025 study https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/22/3256 on the contributions of animal agriculture to climate change and broader environmental harms. The findings suggest that, globally, animal agriculture accounts for 12 - 20% of greenhouse gas emissions annually, and probably more...