solo@piefed.social to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 days agoMeat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down110
arrow-up1226arrow-down1external-linkMeat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis findswww.theguardian.comsolo@piefed.social to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoIt’s strange how that same site, in a different article with the same author, lists a very different number of 18.4% for all Agriculture, of which livestock and manure makes up just 6%: https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector I suppose the difference depends on how things are defined and categorized.
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoThat is misunderstanding the graph. That’s only counting direct emissions. Feed production is a major source of emissions for animal agriculture From the article: “Livestock” emissions here include direct emissions from livestock only — they do not consider impacts of land use change for pasture or animal feed.
It’s strange how that same site, in a different article with the same author, lists a very different number of 18.4% for all Agriculture, of which livestock and manure makes up just 6%:
https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector
I suppose the difference depends on how things are defined and categorized.
That is misunderstanding the graph. That’s only counting direct emissions. Feed production is a major source of emissions for animal agriculture
From the article: