Commodity - Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5c climate target.

Byline: S. KAMAL HAYDER KAZMI

Emissions from the food system alone will drive the world past 1.5C of global heating, unless high-methane foods are tackled. Climate-heating emissions from food production, dominated by meat, dairy and rice, will by themselves break the key international target of 1.5C if left unchecked, a detailed study has shown. The analysis estimated that if today's level of food emissions continued, they would result in at least 0.7C of global...