cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4843563

More than two-thirds of the world’s countries endorsed an agreement to retool the global food system, though it’s vague, lacks concrete targets, and is nonbinding. The United Nations food agency issued a landmark report laying out what it would take to align the global food system with the goal to limit average global temperature rise to manageable levels. The United States and the United Arab Emirates together committed about $17 billion toward agricultural innovations to address climate change.

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    9 months ago

    though it’s vague, lacks concrete targets, and is nonbinding.

    “You know, Mortimer, maybe we can attack this ‘climate change’ thing without foregoing yachts and private jets. I say we look at agriculture as a way to reduce carbon. Oh, no - not you and me. I’m talking about all those McDonalds burgers the proels seem to enjoy. They’re practically killing the planet with that low grade beef we raise for them. Tell you what, let’s put a marker on this idea and - at the next decennial convention - we’ll bring it to the floor for discussion. With that, I’d say we’ve done a lot of hard work this week. Let’s go celebrate. I hear they have an indoor ski slope right here in the desert - we can go watch these young kids while we sip our celebratory martinis.”

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      9 months ago

      Thing is, we’re going to need to address both fossil fuels and meat production as sources of greenhouse gases. Fossil fuels are definitely the bigger problem, but meat is big enough to need to deal with too.