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Halving reliance on meat and dairy could cut land-use emissions ‘by 31%’ (www.carbonbrief.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its easy yes.but livestock is only 6% of emissions..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think it is higher, the current food production is something like 25% of the global GHG emissions, 2/3 are from the animal industry. Besides the direct impact there is less land use and the opportunity to re-nature large areas.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357