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By 2050, growth in livestock production could generate as much as 70 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions considered to be a safe threshold for the planet.* That leaves little room for other sources of greenhouse gases, which account for over 80 percent of emissions.
* In 2000, livestock production accounted for about 14 percent of global greenhouse emissions.
If demand for meat, poultry, eggs and dairy keeps pace with projections, by 2050 the environmental consequences of livestock production could be responsible for 70 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions considered a safe threshold for the planet, new research says.
This leaves little room for all of the other sources of greenhouse gases, such as transportation and electricity, which now account for more than 80 percent of emissions.
Livestock could generate an even greater proportion of the sustainable threshold for other environmental indicators, the researchers report online today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“It’s sobering,” said study lead author Nathan Pelletier…
discovery.com
Source: newsroom – meattradenewsdaily.co.uk
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