Climate Letter #1181

Vast changes in the global food industry are critically required.  A forthcoming report (due on June 5) will show that 43 to 57% of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans are associated with modern practices of production, packaging and distribution of the world’s food supply.  That is one good reason for making dramatic changes, along with many other reasons discussed by the authors of this article, published by Thomson Reuters Foundation.  “While the current system makes food cheaper and more accessible, the unaccounted for damage on both the environment and human health comes at a far greater cost down the line.”

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–Here is a promising way to make deep cuts in methane emissions from cattle production, assuming all further testing is favorably completed:
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More consideration is being given to management of the future flow of climate-induced human migration.  “According to the International Organization for Migration, climate change could displace as many as one billion people by 2050. And yet no international treaty covers climate-induced migration – a gap that must be addressed now.”  Most governments are reluctant to seek out collective solutions, a quite visible failure in today’s world that must quickly be overcome.
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A new report anticipates the “inevitable disappearance” of Canada’s glacier-fed rivers.  That in turn affects water levels in lakes that are fed by those rivers, then their associated ecosystems and human communities.  This document of impacts does not have much to say about possible solutions—quite sad but probably true.
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A three-day conference in Sweden covered all of the latest thinking about the need and potential for large-scale negative emissions programs.  Carbon Brief has a summary report of the entire event, showing how much study is being devoted to moving in this direction.  There are plenty of ideas put forth but no sign of any imminent breakthroughs to get excited about.  Agricultural practices that can really work are ideal but seem to fall short of the kind of magnitude that is required.
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The radioactive legacy of the nuclear age, by Fred Pearce.  This review in The Atlantic is adapted from Fred’s new book.  Cleaning up the waste will take many decades and cost around a trillion dollars in the US.
Carl

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