Greenhouse gas taxes on animal food products: rationale, tax scheme and climate mitigation effects
By Stefan Wirsenius, F. Hedenus, Kristina Mohlin. 2011
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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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- Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions (2019, background): “Furthermore, the large deforestation carbon footprints of some agricultural and forest products could also be addressed through carbon taxes on food products in export markets (Wirsenius et al., 2011; Edjabou and Smed, 2013).”
- Country-specific dietary shifts to mitigate climate and water crises (2019, background): “, 2016), dietary recommendations (Fischer and Garnett, 2016), and taxes (Säll and Gren, 2015; Springmann et al., 2017; Wirsenius et al., 2011).”
- Trade-offs between environment and livelihoods: Bridging the global land use and food security discussions (2017, unknown): “A tax of 60 EUR / ton of CO2 equivalent (tCO2eq) in the European Union could reduce overall meat consumption by 1% (a decrease in ruminant meat consumption by 15% being compensated by a 1% and 7% increase in that of pork and poultry, respectively), and land use demand for pasture by around 12 Mha an”
- Effects of an environmental tax on meat and dairy consumption in Sweden (2015, background): “Meat was a main focus, which was motivated by findings by Wirsenius et al. (2011) indicating that a tax on ruminant meat contributed most of the mitigation effect of a GHG-weighted tax on animal food.”
- Forced Choice Restriction in Promoting Sustainable Food Consumption: Intended and Unintended Effects of the Mandatory Vegetarian Day in Helsinki Schools (2013, background): “2011); taxes to make prices reflect the social cost of food (e.g., Cash et al. 2005; Vinnari and Tapio 2012; Wirsenius et al. 2011); libertarian paternalistic choice architecture, that is, modifying food environments such as school cafeterias to nudge consumers towards healthier diets (Just andWansi”
- How can the EU climate targets be met? A combined analysis of technological and demand-side changes in food and agriculture (2016, background): “However, very few, and rather limited, studies have been carried out on such options (Edjabou and Smed, 2013; Säll and Gren, 2015; Wirsenius et al., 2011), and more comprehensive analyses are needed of the potentials, administrative and social costs, and implementation hurdles of such interventions.”
- Greedy or needy? Land use and climate impacts of food in 2050 under different livestock futures (2017, background): “Some examples include the recent introduction of new pro-environmental dietary guidelines in Sweden, Brazil and the Netherlands (Fischer and Garnett, 2016) and modelling of the use of GHG taxes to reduce the consumption of meat and dairy foods, which seem to offer some potential (Edjabou and Smed, 2”