Meat consumption per capita in China has doubled in the last 25 years, and is rising 3% a year, says WSJ Energy Expert Jason Bordoff. PHOTO: ISTOCK PHOTO

Jason Bordoff (@JasonBordoff) is a former senior director of the National Security Council and energy adviser to President Obama, is a professor of professional practice in international and public affairs and the founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.

There’s no solution to climate change that does not include dramatic changes in how we produce and consume food. Livestock are directly responsible for 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions through agricultural production. The leading source of agricultural emissions is methane from livestock (while cow farts are often blamed, the burps are the main culprit).