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"Microbial-mediated enteric fermentative processes in ruminant livestock produce about 30 percent of the total anthropogenic methane emissions"
⌠in a Summary from UN FAO: https://www.fao.org/3/cc7777en/cc7777en.pdf
#milk #cattle #methane #CH4 #livestock #beef #meat #GHG #greenhouse #climateChange #quotation #quotations #UN #FAO #food #diet #globalWarming #dairy
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/methane-emissions-by-sector
#Methane #emissions #World #Agriculture #milk #cattle #methane #CH4 #livestock #beef #meat #GHG #greenhouse #climateChange #food #diet #globalWarming #chart #figure
CO2 contributes more than CH4. Excerpt from IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/figures/chapter-2/figure-2-4
#footprint #activities #growth #anthropocene #emissions #World #Agriculture #methane #CH4 #livestock #GHG #greenhouse #climateChange #food #diet #globalWarming #chart #figure #IPCC #DataViz
New study examines the corporate engagement activities of ten large companies and five industry associations towards European Union (EU) policymakers working on regulations aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the food and agriculture sector.
Richard Tyszkiewicz: https://nordsip.com/2024/05/30/eu-climate-action-hindered-by-meat-lobby/ @climate @food @eu
#CO2 #CO2Emissions #GHG #deforestation #meat #beef #agriculture #lobbying #climateChange #InfluenceMap
Stockholm (NordSIP) â London-based non-profit think tank InfluenceMap has published new research into the lobbying activities of European meat and dairy companies. Released on 29 May 2024, The European Meat and Dairy Sector's Climate Policy Engagement - How the meat and dairy industry is influencing the EU's agenda to reduce the climate footprint of diets
The #Pantanal is the worldâs most extensive tropical wetland.
Threats include:
⢠Export-driven cattle ranching
⢠Monoculture, including soy plantations
⢠Mining, road construction, hydropower
⢠Extreme heatwaves and droughts, driven by climate heating
⢠Wildfires, including many set intentionally to clear land for agriculture.
#EJF: https://ejfoundation.org/what-we-do/protecting-the-pantanal @food
#globalHeating #wetlands #agribusiness #Brazil #Bolivia #Paraguay #meat #cattle #methane #emitters #climateChange #wildfires
A new report finds that capturing half of the global protein market would enable alternative meat and dairy products to mitigate five gigatons of CO2e per year.
âAnimal agriculture accounts for roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of GHG emissions â more than the combined carbon output of cars, motorcycles, and other passenger light vehicles.â
https://plantbasednews.org/news/alternative-protein/alternative-proteins-reduce-ghgs-more-than-evs/ @food
#globalHeating #GHG #agriculture #meat #cattle #methane #soy #climateCrisis #emissions #plantBased #food #GoVegan #diet #CH4
Prolonged dry periods, high temperatures and land-use change all contribute to #wildfire conditions, says Dr Maria Lucia Barbosa:
âWhile fires are a natural part of the #Pantanal ecosystem, the recurrence of extreme fire seasonsâsuch as the current one, shortly after the devastating 2020 firesâsuggests that, alongside climate change, a new fire regime may be emerging in the ecosystem, characterised by increased severity and frequency.â
Are we underrating the importance of #methane emissions?
"Letâs say a factory releases a ton of methane and a ton of CO2 into the atmosphere today. The methane immediately begins to trap a lot of heatâat least 100 times as much as the CO2. But the methane starts to break down and leave the atmosphere [âŚ] Over 20 years, the methane would trap about 80 times as much heat as the CO2."
#footprint #activities #emissions #CH4 #livestock #GHG #globalWarming #fossilFuels
This greenhouse gas is short-lived but has far greater heat-trapping potential than CO2. The more concerned we are about global warming over the next 10 or 20 years, the more emphasis we have to put on cutting methane emissions.
Over 80% of the environmental impact of @food is driven by its production mode: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b0b53649-5e93-4415-bf07-6b0b1227172f/files/m13e577c73b56987e9c3e8eeb47ca6e74
#Beef production in the Amazon, where ranching drives deforestation, can generate up to 340 kg CO2-equivalent per kilogramânearly six times the global average.
#emissions #agriculture #footprint #GHG #CO2 #methane #food #globalHeating #agribusiness #Amazon #meat #cattle #climateChange #wildfires #Brazil #proteins
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