"Meat and dairy industry's attempt to change how we measure methane emissions would let polluters off the hook "

Another article to explain how the meat industry apologists are trying to twist science into marketing. This is about GWP*:

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The tempting narrative that some in the beef and dairy industry have started to promote is that GWP* (“the latest science”) tells us methane emissions are not as serious as we thought they were, and only small reductions are required.

Industry-backed statements along the lines of the “UK’s livestock is not contributing to climate heating since numbers have not increased in recent years” may seem correct and convincing when looking at the GWP* results without delving into the nuances. The correct statement, however, is that the “UK’s livestock is not contributing additional warming compared to already high levels”. This is what incorrect use of GWP* masks.
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https://theconversation.com/meat-and-dairy-industrys-attempt-to-change-how-we-measure-methane-emissions-would-let-polluters-off-the-hook-219362

#climate #GHG #methane #GWP #gwp100 #meatIndustry #ruminant #entericEmissions #disinformation

"Are climate neutrality claims in the livestock sector too good to be true?"

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0f75

The meat industry is already using "GWP*" to distract from their damage to Earth Systems.
This paper shows why it's misleading.

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We conclude that the studies in table 1 have a distorted understanding of the climate impact of livestock production. The claimed states of climate neutrality are temporary and are not aligned to the wider outcomes of the Paris Agreement. CO2we (GWP*) is a useful complement to CO2e (such as GWP100) for modelling the global effect of changes in the global emissions of a basket of GHGs. However, it has limitations as a guide to the effective mitigation of GHGs when applied at sectoral level.
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#climate #GWP #GWP100 #CO2we #methane #netZero #neutrality