Dr Morne Du Plessis Environmental Excellence
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The document discusses environmental issues such as the ecological footprint of humanity and degradation of ecosystem services. It notes that 60% of ecosystem services are degraded and the world's ecological footprint exceeds what is sustainable by overshoot of 60%. It advocates for establishing a culture of environmental responsibility, especially among businesses, and discusses strategies for achieving sustainability and addressing issues like climate change and energy use.
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Ice melts of glaciers, arctic, Greenland ice
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GHG are like the glass in a greenhouse
Climate change and global warming effects
More and stronger
storm systems (Dorian, 2019)
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Hotter and dryer climate
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2019 in CA)
NY Times
Portland Press
Wildfires (Campfire – CA, 2018)
NPR
No flood control in Ellicott City, MD
Fossil fuel-free energy production
Greenhouse gas production
Global share GHG by Agriculture
46% N2O: Nitrogen fertilizer
45% CH4: Livestock, rice paddies
9% CO2: Biomass burning
Baumert et al. (2005)
IPCC 2007
Greenhouse gas production
IPCC 2007
Forms
CO2
CH4
N2O
Causes
Conversion of forests and native vegetation to agriculture
Loss of soil organic matter
Fossil fuel burning
Animal agriculture (burps and farts)
Gaseous loss of fertilizer
GHG due to
lifestock
Methane is ca. 34 x more damaging than CO2
Agricultural land use
15,400
8,763
5,988
4,325
3,265
647
km3
105
km3
257
km3
131
km3
428
km3
Water requirements for additional
meat production in 2050
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5.5 miles under
Water demands of food production
Mekkonnen and Hoegstra, 2010
CEDAC, CIESIN 2010
Effect of climate change on wheat production
Global CO2 emissions
411.9 ppm CO2 (March, 2019)
Can we assess the effect of high CO2 on crops
FACE (Free-air CO2 Enrichment), University of Illinois
increased productivity
better nitrogen use efficiency
better water use efficiency
Nutrient change under high CO2
Meyer et al., 2014
CGIAR, CCAFS
CGIAR, CCAFS
CGIAR, CCAFS
CGIAR, CCAFS
Adaptation requires diversity and flexibility
Adaptation requires avoiding food waste
Saving food waste is saving
energy (2% of total US energy)
$500/person each year
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1 lb. pork = 4 lb. CO2
1 lb. beef = 14 lb. CO2
Alternative meat market
$14 billion 2019
$140 billion 2029
Conventional meat market
$1.4 trillion 2019
Adaptation requires changing diets
Beyond Meat Inc.
Impossible Foods (Burger King,
Red Robin, White Castle)
Moving Mountains
Before the Butcher
Tyson Foods
Nestle Sweet Earth Awesome Burger
Hormel Foods
Morningstar Farms (Kellogs)
Simply Balanced (Target)
Pura(Cargill)
Gardein (Conagra)
Arable land used for:
91.7 mio. corn (170 bpa)
80 mio. soybean (50 bpa)
16 mio. alfalfa hay (12 to. acre)
peas 35 bpa
wheat 65 bpa
soy 65 bpa
beetroot 17 to. pa
The impossible burger map
Changing diets also with dairy alternatives
W. Baethgen
Adaptation to much more extreme weather patterns
(better forecasting required)
Adaptation: Scenarios and predictions
Giannini (2015)
Nature Climate Change
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