The #Pantanal is the world’s most extensive tropical wetland.

Threats include:
• Export-driven cattle ranching
• Monoculture, including soy plantations
• Mining, road construction, hydropower
• Extreme heatwaves and droughts, driven by climate heating
• Wildfires, including many set intentionally to clear land for agriculture.

#EJF: https://ejfoundation.org/what-we-do/protecting-the-pantanal @food

#globalHeating #wetlands #agribusiness #Brazil #Bolivia #Paraguay #meat #cattle #methane #emitters #climateChange #wildfires

A new report finds that capturing half of the global protein market would enable alternative meat and dairy products to mitigate five gigatons of CO2e per year.

“Animal agriculture accounts for roughly 15 percent to 20 percent of GHG emissions – more than the combined carbon output of cars, motorcycles, and other passenger light vehicles.”

https://plantbasednews.org/news/alternative-protein/alternative-proteins-reduce-ghgs-more-than-evs/ @food

#globalHeating #GHG #agriculture #meat #cattle #methane #soy #climateCrisis #emissions #plantBased #food #GoVegan #diet #CH4

Are we underrating the importance of #methane emissions?

"Let’s say a factory releases a ton of methane and a ton of CO2 into the atmosphere today. The methane immediately begins to trap a lot of heat—at least 100 times as much as the CO2. But the methane starts to break down and leave the atmosphere […] Over 20 years, the methane would trap about 80 times as much heat as the CO2."

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/why-do-we-compare-methane-carbon-dioxide-over-100-year-timeframe-are-we-underrating

#footprint #activities #emissions #CH4 #livestock #GHG #globalWarming #fossilFuels