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The IPCC Report released today, focuses on critical areas of land use, land use changes (esp regional diff) and the need for more efficient food production and less waste. Let’s look into the emissions and sinks of GHG in the US as reported in the last inventory. /1
The IPCC Report released today, focuses on critical areas of land use, land use changes (esp regional diff) and the need for more efficient food production and less waste. Let’s look into the emissions and sinks of GHG in the US as reported in the last inventory. /1
EPA inventory data from 2017 show that direct GHG emissions from Agriculture were 542.1 MMT of CO2e.
At the same time, agriculture & forestry, land use, land use change resulted in net reductions of GHG via sequestration, amounting to -714.1 MMT CO2e. /2
At the same time, agriculture & forestry, land use, land use change resulted in net reductions of GHG via sequestration, amounting to -714.1 MMT CO2e. /2
In other words, in the US, agriculture and forestry are a greater sink than source of GHG. Ag & forestry, land use, land use change amounted to -172 MMT.
This is what I mean when saying that we need a nuanced discussion. /3
This is what I mean when saying that we need a nuanced discussion. /3
Source: epa.gov/sites/producti… (check the end of the full table on emissions in section on 6-1) /4
