{"id":348457,"date":"2024-10-22T17:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=348457"},"modified":"2024-10-22T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:45:35","slug":"food-accounts-for-a-quarter-of-the-worlds-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=348457","title":{"rendered":"Food Accounts For A Quarter of the World\u2019s\u00a0Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus tends to be on \u2018clean energy\u2019 solutions \u2013 the deployment of <\/em>renewable<\/em><\/a> or nuclear energy; improvements in <\/em>energy efficiency<\/em><\/a>; or transition to low-carbon transport. Indeed, energy, whether in the form of electricity, heat, transport or industrial processes, account for the majority \u2013 76% \u2013 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.<\/em>1<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the global food system, which encompasses production, and post-farm process such as processing, and distribution is also a key contributor to emissions. And it\u2019s a problem for which we don\u2019t yet have viable technological solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/food-ghg-emissions<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The most worrying thing about this is that they are even wanting to quantify emissions from farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is anything that should be excluded from the Net Zero madness, it is agriculture. Nothing can be more important to the world than food, no matter how much GHGs are emitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus tends to be on \u2018clean energy\u2019 solutions \u2013 the deployment of\u00a0renewable\u00a0or nuclear energy; improvements in\u00a0energy efficiency; or transition to low-carbon transport. Indeed, energy, whether in the form of electricity, heat, transport or industrial processes, account for the majority \u2013 76% \u2013 of greenhouse gas (GHG) 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