By Helen Harwatt, William J Ripple, Abhishek Chaudhary, Matthew G Betts, Matthew N Hayek Open Source from The Lancet Planetary Health, Published December, 2019. The scientific consensus states CO2 emissions must be limited to 420 billion tonnes and approximately 720 billion tonnes of CO2 must be removed from the atmosphere to limit global warming to …
Matthew N. Hayek, Helen Harwatt, William J. Ripple, and Nathaniel D. Mueller, September 2020. Extracts from the above titled Research Paper by James O’Donovan. Extensive land uses to meet dietary preferences incur a ‘carbon opportunity cost’ given the potential for carbon sequestration through ecosystem restoration. Here we map the magnitude of this opportunity, finding that …
From the website of Food System NGO, Feedback Do the names ‘Tyson’, ‘Smithfield’, or ‘Cargill’ ring a bell? You might have seen these names in the news over the past weeks – recently their meatpacking plants have emerged as some of the world’s largest COVID-19 hotspots, along with prisons. But unless you work for these …
Justin Fleming says it is possible to reach global net zero by 2050 In late 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C. The report details the projected consequences of global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C, clearly showing 1.5°C is preferable and that every bit of …
By Bronwyn Slater More than 26,000 fires ravaged Brazil’s rainforest during the month of August – the highest number of fires since 2010. Satellite images of the fires caught the attention of news outlets around the world, with the story garnering headlines for many days. There are annual burns in Brazil during the …
A 2019 report by Harvard Scientists, Helen Harwatt and Matthew Hayek, shows how a UK Plant Based Agricultural System enables the UK to meet its Climate Change legal obligations while improving its overall food security Executive Summary The United Kingdom (UK) is not on track to meet its legally binding commitment to reducing greenhouse …
By Bronwyn Slater In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report on the impact of global warming of 1.5°C. The report, which was the result of 3 years of research, says that going past 1.5°C would be highly detrimental to the planet’s liveability, and that at the …
Edited by James O’Donovan from Wikipedia and ‘Carbon Yoga’ by Sailesh Rao Planetary boundaries (see wikipedia) are an attempt to develop a set of indicators to monitor the health of the global planetary system and to provide governments timely information on what activities need to stop or be changed in order to keep …
In this article James O’Donovan shows how and why Animal Agriculture is the key cause of Climate Change and Veganism can reforest vast areas of land and completely reverse climate change. This article is a bit technical but even if you are not technically minded all you need is addition, multiplication and a little …
Sailesh Rao of Climate Healers imagines a different future where our mission is to heal the Earth’s climate and to accomplish that, we ask ground-breaking questions such as: What would happen to the Earth’s climate if the whole world goes vegan? How can we organize human societies using the internet so that sustainability and equality …