Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

Average emissions

Thousand million tonnes of CO 2

equivalent per year

6

Land conversion to agriculture

Estimates range from 3 to 9 million tonnes (6 to 17% of all greenhouse gases emitted)

5

4

Emissions from agriculture

3

Nitrous oxide from fertilized soils

2

Methane from cattle farts and burps

Biomass burning

Rice production

Fertilizer and pesticide production

1

Manure

Irrigation

Farm machinery (ploughing, seeding, spraying, harvest)

0

Source: Greenpeace, Cool farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential , January 2008 (data for 2005).

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