More than a million sheep and cows need to be disposed of in Northern Ireland to meet commitments to protect the planet's climate, KPMG says April 22, reports The Guardian.

According to their calculations, in order to save the planet, farmers must kill over 500,000 cattle and somewhere around 700,000 sheep. This is explained by the fact that the livestock of cattle and sheep breathe air, exhale carbon dioxide, and in addition, they emit a huge amount of manure.

KPMG has already calculated that the contribution of agriculture to the total carbon dioxide emissions in the region is as much as 27%. At the same time, most of the meat products of Northern Ireland are export-oriented. Sheep and cow meat is supplied from here to the UK, China and the USA.

At the same time, Europe has already set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Such ambitious goals are explained by the fact that carbon dioxide and methane, being greenhouse gases, supposedly affect the warming of the Earth's climate.

However, some scientists on this issue have alternative points of view. They believe that carbon dioxide is useful for the Earth's biosphere, as it provides the planet's vegetation with its building material - carbon.