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Posted Wed Mar 24 2010: from
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UN body to look at meat and climate link http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1269436537
UN specialists are to look again at the contribution of meat production to climate change, after claims that an earlier report exaggerated the link.
A 2006 report concluded meat production was responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions - more than transport.... But a new analysis, presented at a major US science meeting, says the transport comparison was flawed.... In an attempt to capture everything associated with meat production, the FAO team included contributions, for example, from transport and deforestation.
By comparison, the IPCC's methodology collects all emissions from deforestation into a separate pool, whether the trees are removed for farming or for some other reason; and does the same thing for transport.
This is one of the reasons why the 18 percent figure appears remarkably high to some observers.
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Oh, I see -- transportation may be more, so meat might be somewhat less proportionally -- so bring on the BBQ!!
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