6 “Did you know?” Did you know that fossil fuels are the main cause of global warming? They produce 80 percent of our energy and 86 percent of all anthropogenic CO2 emissions, over 35 billion tons each year (the rest, about 5.5 billion tons, is from land consumption). If with drastic actions we can get to zero CO2 emissions by 2050, the average temperature of the Planet at the end of the century will still rise by 1.0 °C; with strong actions the temperature will rise by 1.5-1.8 °C; with mild actions we can reach an increase of 2.2 °C, while if we do nothing we will reach an average temperature rise of 4 °C. Catastrophic! And it is good to know that one-third of the CO2 produced today will still be in the atmosphere in 100 years, one-fifth in 1,000 years, and some of it we will still find after 10,000 years. In addition, CO2 dissolved in water produces an increase in acidity, and already very negative effects have been observed on some of the aquatic fauna and flora. Source: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/co2-da-problema-risorsa-29429 “Best practices” One of the good practices we can all follow is related to our diet. With our daily choices, we can safeguard the environment and our health. Pesticides, GMOs, maxi farms, intensive fishing, and monocultures: the food that ends up on supermarket shelves is produced in an increasingly industrial way, within a system driven by large multinational corporations. Trying therefore to reduce the foods that create the most CO2 can be a good start. Take a look at the table below with foods and corresponding emissions. Source:https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/food “Tips” Speaking of food, did you know that 80% of the world's deforestation is caused by intensive production of commodities, especially agricultural ones: basically, food that devours forests? Soy, palm oil, cocoa, meat, avocados, are the culprits of unprecedented destruction. We are decimating forests to make way for massive, industrial agriculture. Soybean production is razing South America's major forests, palm oil-which ends up in snacks and biodiesel-consumes Indonesia, cocoa plantations in the
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