CO2

This could be a boon for the climate, because evidence suggests every metric ton of wet waste that is upcycled through fermentation — in this case, turned into dinner instead of landing into methane-spewing landfills — prevents the release of about 600 kilograms of CO2.

Three years ago, a court in The Hague backed a case by Friends of the Earth and 17,000 Dutch citizens requiring Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions significantly, in line with the Paris climate accords.

“Future drought is mainly determined by how warm it gets, and how much CO2 we emit. So first and foremost is to control the CO2 emissions.”

Trump’s victory might mean closing a window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate impacts “if we do not fight back and double down our effort to curb CO2 emissions,” Fu said.

The effects of increasing CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere have become increasingly apparent over the last decade.