Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Are climate neutrality claims in the livestock sector too good to be true?

Yes, the climate change fanatics and junk scientists have been coming after our livestock! Be alert!

"Several livestock industry bodies have recently adopted and widely publicized goals to achieve 'climate neutrality', i.e. to achieve a state where they have stabilized their impact on global temperatures. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association in the US claim to be able to reach climate neutrality for their beef production by 2040. In September 2022, it was claimed at a United Nations (UNECE) seminar that the US's dairy industry can reach climate neutrality by 2041 , despite remaining a significant source of greenhouse gases (GHGs). ...
4. Temporary stabilization of livestock sectors' impact on climate is not enough
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We conclude that the studies in table 1 have a distorted understanding of the climate impact of livestock production. The claimed states of climate neutrality are temporary and are not aligned to the wider outcomes of the Paris Agreement. CO2we (GWP*) is a useful complement to CO2e (such as GWP100) for modelling the global effect of changes in the global emissions of a basket of GHGs. However, it has limitations as a guide to the effective mitigation of GHGs when applied at sectoral level. ..."

Are climate neutrality claims in the livestock sector too good to be true? - IOPscience (open access)

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