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Strategic Roadmaps for SBTi Forest, Land, & Agriculture Targets

EDF + Business

Moreover, by breaking out prominent agricultural GHGs—methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide—for six primary commodities as examples, our guide helps sustainability teams deliver a new approach to drive emissions reductions efficiently and in highest service to their climate strategy. Our Recommendations Cattle: Methane.

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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

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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

In some cases an irrigation system (temporary or permanent) or enhanced drainage system should be considered to reduce stress conditions on the plants and to improve soil biology. Constant adverse Air-to-Water ratio is the problem on over 60% of the Green Roofs in North America and with changing weather patterns this problem is getting worse.

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Water-to-Air Ratio GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

In some cases an irrigation system (temporary or permanent) or enhanced drainage system should be considered to reduce stress conditions on the plants and to improve soil biology. Soil/Media extension layer (often described as drainage layer) to mimic natural soil profiles and avoid anaerobe conditions in rooting zone.

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How Food Waste is Degrading the Environment

The Environmental Blog

According to a poll of 6,000 customers in North America, Europe, and Asia, 72% of respondents are already actively purchasing more environmentally friendly goods. The entire amount of greenhouse gasses (such as carbon dioxide and methane) produced by human actions is known as a carbon footprint. Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.

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Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals

Grist

That carbon is then integrated into the soil by insects. Increases in populations of large animals can increase methane release, an issue that can be offset by reducing domestic livestock populations, according to the study. More than 1 million of the ungulates migrate across almost 10,000 square miles of savanna.

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Regrow partnership with food giants aims to scale regenerative agriculture

Business Green

Finally, Regrow will ground-truth these claims with field soil carbon samples to calibrate the models. "It According to Jay Watson, senior manager of global impact initiatives at General Mills, the goal is to understand the broader trends in the breadbasket and Plains regions of North America as a whole. "To