silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoHalving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’lockwww.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down115
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 · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareNioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down8·edit-21 year agoHow? Livestock is 6% of global emissions https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down2·1 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-squarejesta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 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.