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MAY 10, 202310:06 AMUPDATED 11 DAYS AGO
Slashing farm emissions critical to fighting climate change, John Kerry says
By Leah Douglas
 


WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production is essential to the global fight against climate change, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday.

Agriculture generates 10% to 12% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The food system as a whole - including packaging, transportation, and waste management - generates a third of global emissions, according to a 2021 study published in the academic journal Nature Food.

“We can’t get to net zero, we don’t get this job done, unless agriculture is front and center as part of the solution,” Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said at the AIM for Climate summit in Washington.

He said that without cutting agricultural emissions, the world may not reach its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius - which scientists say must be achieved to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-climate-agriculture/slashing-farm-emissions-critical-to-fighting-climate-change-john-kerry-says-idINL1N3771SC
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In other words, feeding people, whether here or elsewhere, uses energy.

Since agricultural actions are time sensitive, there is no time to wait on equipment to charge up.

Ironic, since Teresa's money all comes from things ostensibly derived from...agriculture.
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