silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months agoHalving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’lockwww.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkHalving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’lockwww.carbonbrief.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down8·edit-210 months agoHow? Livestock is 6% of global emissions https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down2·10 months 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-squarejesta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·10 months 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.