@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoHalving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’lockwww.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkHalving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’lockwww.carbonbrief.org@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoHow? Livestock is 6% of global emissions https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink32•1 year agoNotice how the title is about land use emissions. That’s about changes in how land is used, not overall ememissions. Deforestation is done to clear land tongrow animal feed more than anything else. It’s not just methane from the cattle.
minus-square@jestalink30•1 year ago 'Livestock’ emissions here include direct emissions from livestock only – they do not consider impacts of land use change for pasture or animal feed.
How?
Livestock is 6% of global emissions
https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector
Notice how the title is about land use emissions. That’s about changes in how land is used, not overall ememissions.
Deforestation is done to clear land tongrow animal feed more than anything else. It’s not just methane from the cattle.