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

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The global dairy company Danone is taking a big step forward by pledging to work with its farmer suppliers to reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. . It aims to achieve significant methane cuts while feeding a growing population and protecting the livelihoods of farmers around the world.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

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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 Just seven percent are based in Africa.

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'Uncharted territory of destruction': WMO warns climate impacts are worsening as emissions rise

Business Green

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C There is now a near 50-50 chance of global warming temporarily rising above the totemic 1.5C Prolonged and severe droughts in China, the Horn of Africa and the United States. Heatwaves in Europe.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Au contraire, it is the reverse. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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COP26: Latest draft text promises to push countries to strengthen climate action plans

Business Green

of warming. And it includes a call for industrialised nations to double adaptation finance by 2025 and work with the private sector to further mobilise investment in climate resilience. The new text "invites" countries to "consider further actions" to reduce non-CO2 greenhouse gases this decade, with a specific mention of methane.

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Glasgow Climate Pact: Green economy reacts to final COP26 agreement

Business Green

Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon. and coal is in the text.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Au contraire, it is the reverse. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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