[Peer-reviewed? article published in 2009: To prevent bad weather, we should go vegetarian]

A global transition to a low meat-diet as recommended for health reasons would reduce the mitigation costs to achieve a 450 ppm CO2-eq. stabilisation target by about 50% in 2050 compared to the reference case. Dietary changes could therefore not only create substantial benefits for human health and global land use, but can also play an important role in future climate change mitigation policies.

Flashback: The Future Scientist as Young Idealist - Green Blog - NYTimes.com

“I think it’s important to let people know that climate scientists aren’t all working in a bunker in Geneva. We’re in their communities,” Dr. Schmitt said. “We’re not part of some vegetarian socialist conspiracy.”