Nat. If 20% of people in richer countries adopted mostly vegan diets and reduced their food waste by a third, while poorer countries were given forest and land restoration support, global agricultural systems could absorb CO2 by 2050, rather than massively contribute to it as they currently do, according to new research. The study, published today in the journal Nature Communications, shows that if all developed nations followed the recommendations made at last month's UN climate summit on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, then emissions from agriculture would be cut by The analysis concluded that more environmentally-conscious agriculture and land management could take the world almost a third of the way towards fulfilling the Paris Climate targets.
If 20% of people in richer countries adopted mostly vegan diets and reduced their food waste by a third, while poorer countries were given forest and land restoration support, global agricultural systems could absorb CO2 by 2050, rather than massively contribute to it as they currently do, according to new research. The study, published today in the journal Nature Communications, shows that if all developed nations followed the recommendations made at last month's UN climate summit on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, then emissions from agriculture would be cut by The analysis concluded that more environmentally-conscious agriculture and land management could take the world almost a third of the way towards fulfilling the Paris Climate targets.