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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by marcus_holmes on Friday August 09, 2019 @12:36PM (#20655921)
I'm fascinated that the solutions to climate change appear to line up neatly with the things that hippies have been saying for years (capitalism needs to be replaced with a state-managed global economy, nuclear power is bad, vegetarianism is good, bicycling is good, plant more trees).

Particularly the nuclear power option. That one makes no sense.

Concrete is a major source of CO2 emissions. In some places, it contributes more than agriculture. Why isn't that being targeted for scientific studies on its impact, and recommendations from the UN on practices? Or has it, and those are just not newsworthy enough to make the BBC take notice?

I'm probably being cynical, but it all smells of hidden agendas.

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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by dsirola on Friday August 09, 2019 @12:59PM (#20656188)
Why is nuclear power a problem? It's one of the cleanest energy sources currently.
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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by rotexo on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:09PM (#20657867)
Sounds to me like the parent isn't anti-nuclear, just that there is some agenda downplaying the role of nuclear in fighting climate change.
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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by mklarmann on Friday August 09, 2019 @12:42PM (#20655991)
This report was generated by the IPCC on request of the international community at the COP in Paris, after they pointed out, that no information was available about 1.5 degree target (the first special report), and food and land was missing (second special report). There is a third one coming about the arctic as far as I remember.
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Re:Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change ... by marcus_holmes on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:18PM (#20658652)
the IPCC science team, or the IPCC "advice for politicians" team, who have a sizeable contingent of green activists?
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