Clearing the Air: Livestock's Contributions to Climate Change
Clearing the Air: Livestock's Contributions to Climate Change
Clearing the Air: Livestock's Contributions to Climate Change
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Reports summarized<br />
UN-FAO:<br />
Lives<strong>to</strong>ck’s Long<br />
Shadow (LLS)<br />
US-EPA:<br />
Inven<strong>to</strong>ry of U.S. Greenhouse Gas<br />
Emissions and Sinks<br />
CEC:<br />
California GHG Inven<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
18% 5.8% 5.4%<br />
Lives<strong>to</strong>ck as portion of emissions<br />
~7,100 Tg CO2-eq yr -1 Agriculture as portion of emissions<br />
414 Tg CO2-eq yr -1 Agriculture as portion of<br />
emissions<br />
27 Tg CO2-eq yr -1<br />
If true, lives<strong>to</strong>ck is a greater source of GHGs than <strong>the</strong><br />
transportation sec<strong>to</strong>r (FAO, 2006)
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