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Danone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and EDF

EDF + Business

Even if we completely eliminated fossil fuel emissions today, global food system emissions would cause us to exceed our 1.5 Urgent action is needed to shift food and agriculture from a driver of climate change and biodiversity loss to a solution, with positive outcomes for producers, companies and consumers. The good news?

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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

Business Green

Fossil fuels get named and shamed. For the first time in 25 years of UN climate talks, coal and fossil fuel subsidies have been singled out in an official document. Here, we've picked out 10 key takeaways for business leaders from the Glasgow Climate Pact and COP26 Summit: 1. Some progress on adaptation finance.

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Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals

Grist

degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels not only requires reducing fossil fuel emissions but removing around 500 gigatons of atmospheric CO₂ by 2100. In Africa, every increase of 100,000 animals in the Serengeti raises the amount of carbon sequestered by 15 percent. According to the study, keeping global warming below 1.5

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C It’s really about production at the end of the day.”

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

Weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, DeSmog revealed with the Financial Times how UK power plant Drax was at the heart of lobbying efforts to dilute EU biodiversity rules that could limit its supply of wood. Last year, we mapped Canada’s hydrogen lobby and revealed how fossil fuel interests are pushing for blue hydrogen in Canada.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact: A guide for business

Business Green

Australia, for example, has already put out a statement this week stressing that its 2030 target is "fixed" and highlighting how it has a near-unique position as an industrialised economy with huge extractive industries and fossil fuel exports. Coal and fossil fuels: An increasingly risky investment bet.

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Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals.

Grist

degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels not only requires reducing fossil fuel emissions but removing around 500 gigatons of atmospheric CO₂ by 2100. In Africa, every increase of 100,000 animals in the Serengeti raises the amount of carbon sequestered by 15 percent. According to the study, keeping global warming below 1.5

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