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Alan Pater
@alanpater.bsky.social
vegan restaurateur | the profane buddha
canada | the world
For those interested in sourcing protein with the smallest environmental footprint, we present: The lowly bean!

Delicious, nutritious, economical, and traditional in diets around the globe. What's not to love?
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
From the IPCC mitigation report, here is a short list of what needs to change. What together we must and can change.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
No reductions since 1990, that is true. But 1990 was not the peak.
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
From the IPCC mitigation report, here are the recommended actions.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Here is the list of actions needed, via the IPCC Mitigation report.

#Avoid-Shift-Improve
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The IPCC mitigation report provided this TL;DR of solutions.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
There is more on how shifting diets would help in this article.

ourworldindata.org/carbon-oppor...
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I think this nugget from the IPCC mitigation report is still valid.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Everybody needs to go back and re-read the IPCC Mitigation report.
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Everybody needs to go back a re-read the IPCC Mitigation report.
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We could all chip in our share to keep it going.
October 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This photo is from the train on that trip!
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ten million dollars a day? Here is my share.
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Disappointing that fixing food's big climate problem did not make the list.

www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapte...
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If only it was that simple ...
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The IPCC says that it is an effective mitigation strategy as well.

www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... > TS.5.8 Demand-side Aspects of Mitigation
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It should also be mentioned that they are an excellent source of dietary protein!
September 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Here is another chart from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social. The problem is not just fossil fuels.

Burning oil and gas is 62% of the problem, but the our forests will still burn if we don't cut the other 38% as well.

drawdown.org/climate-solu...
September 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Oh but we do know how to fix the problem. Here is the tldr version from the IPCC.
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Back in the day, the IPCC mitigation report included this TLDR nugget.
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The IPCC Mitigation report classified mitigation strategies as Avoid-Shift-Improve (ASI) options.
August 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
August 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
back in the day
May 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device with zero context
May 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I asked about this a year ago. The answer is that burning the stuff is the problem, not making stuff out of it.

www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM