- Social media post distorts climate report. No U.S. city is banning meat, dairy, new clothes or cars

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A baseless claim is distorting a 4-year-old report from a climate advocacy group, asserting that major U.S. cities have

But these claims mislead about what the target in the report means.

One was a"progressive target level," that was"based on research that identifies the threshold of resource efficiency and behavioural change potential." A second was an"ambitious target level" that was"based on a future vision of resource-efficient production and extensive changes in consumer choices.

Clothing and textiles made up about 4% of emissions in C40 cities, while private transport made up about 8%. The report said interventions could be consumers limiting their clothing purchases and buying fewer new cars."In practice, these ideas aren’t intended for every person, community or city," the article said."To successfully transition to a lower-carbon economy, cities must balance their ambition with what’s financially, technologically and culturally feasible.

 

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