Comprehensive Showcase of Global Reducing Emissions from Livestock Innovations & Startups
From CLIMAFIX, the leader in climate innovation intelligence
Reducing Emissions from Livestock Introduction:
Just like humans, livestock also exhale CO2 during respiration, but this is a net zero emission. Livestock also emit significant amounts of methane arising from enteric fermentation within their bodies and release in their burps/belches, and to a smaller extent, flatulence (fart). As methane is a far more potent GHG than CO2, these emissions assume significance.
Livestock emissions represent about 7 billion tons of CO2 equivalent per year, about 14% of total GHG emissions. Cattle raised for both beef and milk alone are responsible for most of these emissions and represent about 65% of the livestock sector’s emissions.
There have been many efforts to reduce emissions from livestock. On one hand, concepts such as plant-based meat and cell-based meat are trying to eliminate large-scale breeding of livestock for food, On the other, innovations in livestock feed – use of seaweed as a feed ingredient, for instance – have proven successful in reducing the total amount of emissions from livestock, though these are yet to be adopted on a large scale by the livestock industry worldwide.
A key challenge in scaling many of the decarbonization solutions for livestock is that a large portion of the livestock and animal husbandry sector comprises small family holdings, making it difficult to scale many of the innovations due to challenges in accessing and implementing new solutions in a relatively unorganised sector.
For the 2020-2030 period, key innovations in this domain will be around feed & feed additives and the use of digital monitoring tools for intelligence and control.
The Reducing Emissions from Livestock Innovations & Startups Report provides insights on the following:
- Current & Emerging Technologies
- Innovation & Startups Analysis
- Urgency of this Decarbonization Avenue
- Unique Solutions Derived from Startups
- Commercialization Potential
- Scalability
- Highlights of Prominent Innovations & Startups
- List of 10 High-Impact Startups
For each startup, the following inputs are provided:
- Product
- Key benefits
- Technology & process
- Videos
- Links to founder profiles
- Links to prominent news & analyses about the startup
The Reducing Emissions from Livestock Innovations Report is part of CLIMAFIX 500, a comprehensive global climate innovation and startup report.
