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Driving Down Methane: What Food & Agriculture Companies Should Do Now

GreenBiz

Reducing agricultural methane emissions is critical to meeting global climate targets. This is especially true for many food and agriculture companies who sell meat and dairy, as over one-third of U.S.

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Methane Emissions in Animal Agriculture

EDF + Business

Reducing methane now is one of the fastest ways to slow global warming in the near term, and a critical part of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change. Agricultural emissions from livestock and rice are approximately 40% of human-caused global methane emissions. Tackling Enteric Methane. Download PDF.

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We need to talk about farming, agriculture and emissions

Inhabitat - Innovation

Many plant-based activists claim that leaders at COP26 aren’t paying enough attention to methane emissions from agriculture. They say that a global change in diet toward veganism could help slow climate change.

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Group distils wisdom on biochar for climate-smart agriculture

Envirotec Magazine

Burning biochar has been a traditional agriculture practice used by humans since time immemorial. A new study attempts to synthesize global data from nearly 600 studies on biochar to analyze its potential as a climate-smart agricultural practice. Can we use these climate-smart practices for linking forest and agriculture?

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Dairy Methane Action Alliance: What’s Coming in 2024

EDF + Business

By Vrashabh Kapate Led by food and dairy giants the Bel Group, Danone, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Lactalis USA, and Nestlé, as well as the Environmental Defense Fund, the Dairy Methane Action Alliance (DMAA) launched at COP28 last week in a COP Presidency event–to great global attention. What is the Dairy Methane Action Alliance?

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Addressing Methane Leaks In The Energy Sector

The Environmental Blog

While carbon dioxide is the leading greenhouse gas destroying the atmosphere, methane is a significant contributor. Anthropogenic methane emissions are believed to account for 30%of that warming. Methane emissions stem from many aspects of life on Earth. Studies show global temperatures last year were 1.1°C

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Here's what to make of the COP26 methane moment

GreenBiz

The fight to reduce the powerful super pollutant is already underway, with the focus on agriculture, landfill management and industrial emissions.

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