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Lewis Hamilton urges people to go vegan, take climate change seriously

Lewis Hamilton has said the he feels like "giving up" with his fight to raise awareness for climate change and has called for more people to become vegan.

Hamilton, who inched closer to a sixth world championship with third place at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, took to social media on Tuesday to call attention to the affects that eating meat is having on global carbon emissions.

"Extinction of our race becoming more and more likely as we over use resources," Hamilton said in an Instagram post.

"I'm sad to see so many people, even close friends ignore what is happening daily.