Further Reading
Sources and further reading
A selection of informative articles and peer-reviewed studies behind the claims made across this site — on the LGBTQIA+ community's exposure to climate change, and on the environmental case for plant-based food.
On the LGBTQIA+ community & climate change
- American Journal of Public Health — LGBTQ+ populations and climate/disaster risk ajph.aphapublications.org
- ScienceDirect — research on LGBTQIA+ communities and environmental risk sciencedirect.com
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy — LGBTQIA+ communities and disasters disasterphilanthropy.org
- Carbon Literacy Project — climate change and the LGBTQ+ community carbonliteracy.com
- Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law — climate change risk to LGBT people williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu
On LGBTQIA+ homelessness & financial inequality
- Crisis UK — about LGBTQ+ homelessness crisis.org.uk
- Global Citizen — LGBTQ+ youth homelessness in Europe globalcitizen.org
- Institute of Global Homelessness — intersectional identities ighomelessness.org
- National Academies Press / NCBI Bookshelf — on LGBTQ+ wellbeing and inequality ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- ScienceDirect — research on LGBTQ+ financial and social inequality sciencedirect.com
On the environmental impact of plant-based diets
These are the core studies behind the reduction figures used in our Impact Calculator.
- Nature Communications (2024) — sustainability benefits of transitioning to plant-based alternatives Found greenhouse gas emissions reduced 30–52%, land use 20–45%, and freshwater use 14–27%, with a vegan diet showing the highest reduction potential. nature.com
- Poore & Nemecek, Science (2018) — Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers The study behind Joseph Poore's assessment that a vegan diet is "probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth." science.org
- Eisen & Brown, PLOS Climate (2022) — rapid global phase-out of animal agriculture Stanford / UC Berkeley modelling study: phasing out animal agriculture over 15 years could offset roughly 68% of CO2 emissions through 2100. journals.plos.org
Full calculation methodology
For the detailed workings, assumptions and sources behind the Impact Calculator's figures, see the full methodology document.
Calculation & sources document ↗