Monday, August 12, 2019

UN Report on the impacte of agriculture on climate warming calls for major change in diet



one quarter of greenhouse gas emissions due to food production 

Report calls for change in food production and food consumption patterns

https://physicsworld.com/a/1-5c-warming-limit-needs-unprecedented-changes-in-all-aspects-of-society/



https://www.realagriculture.com/2019/08/un-report-outlines-eating-and-agriculture-changes-to-address-climate-change/



The way the world manages land, produces and eats food has to change to curb global warming or food security, health and biodiversity will be at risk, a United Nations report on the effects of climate change on land said on Thursday.
The report said global population growth and changes in consumption patterns have caused unprecedented rates of land and water use. It called for big changes to farming and eating habits, but stopped short of explicitly advocating going meat-free.
Dietary changes, featuring plant-based foods and sustainable animal-sourced food, could free up several million square kilometres of land by 2050 and potentially cut 0.7 to 8.0 gigatonnes a year of carbon dioxide equivalent, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in the report

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  1. bill dalityAugust 13, 2019 at 10:44:00 AM PDT

    Climate Change Could Trigger a Global Food Crisis, New U.N. Report Says

    https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/climate-change-could-trigger-global-food-crisis-un-report-says

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  2. bill dalityAugust 15, 2019 at 11:47:00 AM PDT




    Researchers at Oregon State have patented a new strain of seaweed that tastes like bacon when it's cooked.

    The seaweed, a form of red marine algae



    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/researchers-discover-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon-and-is-twice-as-healthy-as-kale-a7455071.html

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  3. bill dalityAugust 26, 2019 at 10:33:00 AM PDT

    The Amazon is burning because the world eats so much meat
    By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN



    https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/08/23/americas/brazil-beef-amazon-rainforest-fire-intl/index.html

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  4. bill dalityAugust 27, 2019 at 10:21:00 AM PDT

    damage to Amazon rainforest irreversible:

    https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/08/01/the-amazon-is-approaching-an-irreversible-tipping-point?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/theamazonisapproachinganirreversibletippingpointonthebrink

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  5. bill dalityAugust 28, 2019 at 12:23:00 PM PDT

    the cause of the deforestation is rich country's demand for beef and soya.

    We are the cause of the problem because we eat too much meat!

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    1. bill dalitySeptember 2, 2019 at 11:09:00 AM PDT

      Not only is a plant-based diet healthiest for the planet, it is also healthiest for humans!
      A person on a plant based diet lives 14-15 years longer
      and usually doesn't experience the following chronic and degenerative diseases:
      high blood pressure,heart disease, stroke, arthritis, cancer,and depression.
      Eating animals is not only destroying our environment. ,but is causing human suff e ring and premature death.

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    2. bill dalitySeptember 6, 2019 at 11:35:00 AM PDT

      https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/entire-global-economy-complicit-destruction-amazon

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  6. bill dalityAugust 28, 2019 at 5:51:00 PM PDT

    "The destruction of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has increased rapidly since the nation's new far-right president (Jair Bolsonaro) took over and his government scaled back efforts to fight illegal logging, ranching and mining."



    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/world/americas/amazon-fire-brazil-bolsonaro.html



    France on Friday accused Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro of having lied to French leader Emmanuel Macron during the "Osaka Summit" in June where governments agreed on the "urgent need" to tackle climate change, pollution and environmental destruction.

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  7. bill dalitySeptember 5, 2019 at 11:37:00 AM PDT

    One million species are at risk of extinction. Industrial agriculture is largely to blame.

    Video via Greenpeace International

    https://www.facebook.com/13341879933/posts/10156985723639934/?sfnsn=mo&s=100001435077198&w=y

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  8. bill dalitySeptember 5, 2019 at 11:43:00 AM PDT

    Paradise restored:

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1208277582692212&id=341625486024097

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  9. bill dalitySeptember 12, 2019 at 9:49:00 AM PDT

    reforestation of the planet:

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/ireland-reforestation-environment-trees?utm_source=Facebook%20Videos&utm_medium=Facebook%20Videos&utm_campaign=Facebook%20Video%20Blogs


    Ireland plans to plant 440 million trees by 2040 - or around 22 million trees per year,

    Scotland planted 22 million trees last year with the country's forestry agency saying that surpassed its target.

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  10. bill dalitySeptember 23, 2019 at 12:44:00 PM PDT

    Ethiopia plants 350 million trees:

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/africa/ethiopia-plants-350-million-trees-intl-hnk/index.html

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  11. bill dalitySeptember 25, 2019 at 10:00:00 AM PDT

    Dire UN report calls for drastic action:

    https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ice-oceans-climate-change-un-ipcc_n_5d8acf1be4b0c6d0cef37225

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