https://qz.com/ipcc-report-on-climate-change-meat-industry-1850261179
"It’s no secret that climate change discourse is shrouded in obfuscation,
disinformation, greenwashing and lies, both outright and of omission. But a
recent leak of a draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
report released on March 20 has been particularly enlightening when it comes to
just how much how delegations negotiate, watered down, and delete scientists’
findings.
Michael Thomas, who writes the climate newsletter
Distilled, outlined the
shift in wording driven by Brazil and Argentina, countries with large and
influential beef industries. As Thomas points out, the IPCC report’s authors
initially recommended a shift to plant-based diets, stating that “plant-based
diets can reduce GHG emissions by up to 50% compared to the average
emission-intensive Western diet,” according to a draft leaked by Scientist
Rebellion.
In the published report, the line was changed to “balanced, sustainable healthy
diets acknowledging nutritional needs,” skirting a direct mention of beef and
dairy, what a sustainable diet actually looks like, or any reference to the
Western and largely wealthy countries that should most urgently start eating
less meat.
While Monday’s IPCC report was the result of synthesizing years of research,
Brazil and Argentina have been diligently pushing to delete references to
“plant-based diets,” meat as a “high-carbon” food, and “Meatless Mondays” for
years, according to a previous draft leaked in 2021 and analyzed by
Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative outlet."
Via Jason Robinson and Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
