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I AM NOW ON BLUESKY under @annieleymarie.bsky.social and if you share ethical values and an urge to protect life on Earth it would be great to see you there!
Jul 13, 2024 27 tweets 10 min read
Good article below, stressing the urgency of our situation! But I feel a top cause of, and solution to, the polycrisis, has been omitted: our food choices! (As stressed for instance in this recent article: )
A 🧵 with evidence on that:
1/25 drawdown.org/news/insights/…
The article mentions “the most rigorous scientific assessment of this existential threat” - a key report on tipping points (). That report mentions diets 64 times!
2/25global-tipping-points.org
Apr 25, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
Frustrating title - clearly no one single action can save the planet - and reporting: the potential 3% drop in GHGs mentioned is only for a reduction in meat consumption (far from elimination) & certainly not for a vegan diet!
But yes, plant-based diets offer huge cobenefits! A few other key recent works that could have been cited:
1) Eliminating Animal Ag Would Negate 56% of Anthropogenic GHG Emissions thru 2100 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 2) Carbon Brief interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-cl…