Your questions about the UN climate conference answered – David Suzuki

December 9, 2015

The goal of the UN negotiations in Paris is to agree on ways countries can co-operate to fight climate change. Some of the major issues being discussed are human rights, the role of indigenous knowledge in evaluating affects, how rich countries can assist poorer countries, accelerating clean energy and what threshold should be considered the limit of allowable temperature rise (1.5 C or 2 C) to keep communities safe.

Here are answers to some the questions you asked:
1. How will emissions from agriculture and animal farming factor into the negotiations?

While emissions from raising animals for food is clearly an important part of the problem, global negotiations focus on general issues and leave details up to specific countries.

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