The carbon opportunity cost of animal-sourced food production on land

2020/09/07 by Matthew Hayek, Matthew N. Hayek, Helen Harwatt +2 · 1 voice · 9 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · #Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact #Economic and Environmental Valuation #Energy and Environment Impacts

paper · doi:10.1038/s41893-020-00603-4

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Citations

• Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers
• Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
• Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change

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• Assessing GHG emissions of food consumption towards low-carbon transformation in China
• Comparable GHG emissions from animals in wildlife and livestock-dominated savannas
• The coupled uncertainties in carbon dioxide removal and transient climate response to cumulative CO ₂ emissions
• Environmental Sustainability of Cultivated Meat
• The Dublin Declaration: Gain for the Meat Industry, Loss for Science

Discussions

• We need clear guidance & incentives away from animal ag, toward plant-rich food systems, ensuring farmers who do transition have assistance to improve yields & market their harvests. That is the only [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]