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Investors are betting billions on carbontech. Will it pay off?

Grist

They found that more than 250 firms have raised $2 billion in combined investments to capture and use carbon, or permanently store it underground. Extavour said that total investment is likely higher, because of the survey’s limited regional focus. . “Compared to the scale of the challenge, it’s a small number,” he said.

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Reducing Food System Emissions, One Bite At A Time

Energy Innovation

Most of the low-emissions interventions analyzed (70 percent) utilize existing know-how and technologies: reducing deforestation, better managing manure, improving feed and breeding (which can reduce methane emissions from livestock), reducing nitrogen fertilizer overuse and runoff, and adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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Report: Lab-grown meat investment tops $350m worldwide in 2020

Business Green

Lab-grown meat enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment soaring six-fold and dozens of new companies and food products launching across the burgeoning sector, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). The climate impact of meat is considerable, accounting for around 14.5

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

Today’s meat industry is dominated by a few multinational giants, including JBS , Tyson Foods , Vion , and Danish Crown , with access to markets across the world. In step with rising global demand, meat production has more than quadrupled in the past sixty years.

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Can animal-based agriculture ever be truly sustainable?

Business Green

Over the past decade, the world has woken up to the urgency of the climate crisis and consumers, governments, and investors are demanding that carbon intensive industries take action. This week, the EDF published an in-depth guide to help firms invest in enhancing the sustainability of their agricultural supply chains.