The "landuse sector" have spent the 2010s tussling over carbon figures. But by far the biggest cause of climate change is still old-fashioned oil, coal and gas. [Mini thread]
It's imperative that in the 2020s, farmers, environmentalists, foresters and other rural businesses work together to keep the fossils in the ground. And we mustn't underestimate the tricks big fossil will play to ensure we collude in getting it out.
I hope my regular readers will know not cynical about oil because I'm a cynical person, or because I'm cynical about business, but because of overwhelming evidence that they're too deeply enmired in climate change to escape (although many individuals will)
The UK "land use sector" is currently short of mechanisms for working together, and relies too much on government to bring them into a room together. Perhaps it's time for leaders to convene a climate change summit. Because the alternative is more of this.
Issues would include:
- Rural heating and transport;
- Supplying the fossil-free economy (renewable energy, timber);
- Soil carbon fluxes;
- Impacts from land use activities (methane, nitrates, machinery)
And the first challenge would be to agree where to prioritise action.
- Rural heating and transport;
- Supplying the fossil-free economy (renewable energy, timber);
- Soil carbon fluxes;
- Impacts from land use activities (methane, nitrates, machinery)
And the first challenge would be to agree where to prioritise action.
Who are the rural leaders who should be involved in such a summit?
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