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The climate summit starts to crack a tough nut: Emissions from food

A road map to trim the climate footprint of food shows how hard it is to feed the world on a hotter planet.

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Food production could add 1°C of global warming by 2100

A new study teases apart greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, showing how the food we eat heats up the world.
Dairy farmers in the Netherlands are up in arms over emission cuts

Dairy farmers in the Netherlands are up in arms over emission cuts

Goals of cutting nitrogen emissions in half by 2030 have caused an uproar in the Netherlands. Climate activists say the cuts are necessary to preserve nature.
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EU's farm animals 'produce more emissions than cars and vans combined'

Cows, pigs and other farm livestock in Europe are producing more greenhouse gases every year than all of the bloc's cars and vans put together, when the impact of their feed is taken into account, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace.

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Meat and dairy production emit more nitrogen than Earth can cope with

The amount of nitrogen pollution emitted just by global livestock farming is more than the planet can cope with, prompting scientists to say we need to eat less meat and dairy produce.

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Climate change: Pledge to cut emissions from dairy farms
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Climate change: Pledge to cut emissions from dairy farms

A dairy firm is promising to make its farms carbon-neutral by 2050 in a move described as "ambitious".
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