Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

However, in setting out a roadmap today for just a handful of focus areas Planet Tracker argues financial firms worldwide hold the key to driving transformative changes across the agricultural industry in the near-term.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A major new report from the Environmental Defense Fund asks some challenging questions about the limited progress the agricultural sector has made in tackling its out-sized climate and biodiversity impacts - and offers some invaluable guidance on how up its sustainability efforts. Livestock farming produces around 14.5

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

For example, when a forest—which naturally absorbs and stores carbon dioxide as trees grow—is logged and converted to grazing or agricultural land, GHGs are released as trees decompose. Additional emissions result from tilling soils and applying fertilizers for agricultural production.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

That made me think, ‘Wow, what if we could create a line of meat alternative products from one of the most sustainable sources of food on the planet?’ Related: Eating seaweed could reduce cows’ methane production Why is kelp a good idea for food sustainability?

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Grist

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Despite major strides in renewable electricity and transportation, other significant sources of emissions like steel mills and industrial agriculture still have no clear paths to decarbonization. Analysts say the market for plant-based protein and meat alternatives could balloon to $85 billion by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2022

Climate impact of beef worldwide is far higher than that of microbial-meat alternatives, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

In February last year, the head of a leading global meat industry body gave a “pep talk” to his colleagues at an Australian agriculture conference. Despite this tremendous growth, forecasts indicate that the world is still far from reaching “peak meat”.

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