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Cow burps, food waste to take spotlight at COP28 agriculture day
FirstpostGlobal food systems- including farming and land use, livestock production, household food consumption and waste, and energy used in the farm and food retail sectors – account for 31% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions. Global food systems- including farming and land use, livestock production, household food consumption and waste, and energy used in the farm and food retail sectors – account for 31% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. A full day of the 28th Conference of the Parties, Dec. 10, will be dedicated to food and agriculture – a first for any COP – and the United Arab Emirates host has said the event will be a “game-changer for food systems.” Advocacy groups say countries should take the opportunity to commit to stronger action on food system emissions in their national climate plans, called Nationally Determined Contributions. Food systems generate 53% of the world’s methane emissions and about two-thirds of agricultural methane is from livestock production, including cow burps and manure management, according to the FAO.
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