Climate benefits of changing diet

By Elke Stehfest, L. Bouwman, D. V. van Vuuren, M. Elzen, B. Eickhout, P. Kabat. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the IMAGE model: Regional and gridded scenarios of land-use change and land-based climate change mitigation (2018, positive): “Food consumption patterns form important drivers of land use (Stehfest et al., 2009).”
Sufficiency in energy scenario studies: Taking the potential benefits of lifestyle changes into account (2017, background): “This is an open access article under et al., 2015; Stehfest et al., 2009; van Sluisveld et al., 2016).”
How can the EU climate targets be met? A combined analysis of technological and demand-side changes in food and agriculture (2016, background): “In studies that have included the reduction potential of specific mitigation technologies, this has often been done simplistically, with no explicit differentiation between mitigation potentials based on dietary developments (see e.g. Lucas et al., 2007; Stehfest et al., 2009).”
Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK (2014, background): “Although new technologies and changes in farming practices provide some scope for reduction in GHG emissions, substantial reductions can only be achieved through changes in consumption patterns and reduction in foodwaste (Stehfest et al. 2009;Weidema et al. 2008).”
Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions (2014, background): “We can compare the impact of these mitigation policies with the effect of an equivalent reduction in food consumption as considered in other studies (7, 12, 13).”
INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS (2009, positive): “The difficulties of mitigating emissions in agriculture and animal farming, particularly non-CO 2 emissions, suggest the need for dietary changes in order to achieve the ambitious emission cuts envisaged in the climate change policy community (Weber and Matthews, 2008 ; Stehfest, 2009 ).”
Could consumption of insects, cultured meat or imitation meat reduce global agricultural land use? (2017, background): “…of studies considering the impact of alternative assumptions regarding future diets, such as lower animal product consumption, healthy diets, vegetarianism or veganism, e.g. (Bajželj et al., 2014; Erb et al., 2016; Haberl et al., 2011; Mora et al., 2016; Popp et al., 2010; Stehfest et al., 2009).”
Land-use futures in the shared socio-economic pathways (2017, background): “…al., 2015), investment in agricultural technology (Robinson et al., 2014), dietary patterns and food demand (Smith et al., 2013; Popp et al., 2010; Stehfest et al., 2009), trade of agricultural goods (Schmitz et al., 2012; Verburg et al., 2009) and interactions with other sectors (e.g., the…”
Exploring dietary guidelines based on ecological and nutritional values: A comparison of six dietary patterns (2014, background): “Climate change mitigation policies tend to focus on the energy sector, while the livestock and food sector receives less attention, despite the fact that this sector accounts for 18% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 80% of total anthropogenic land use (Stehfest et al., 2009).”
Spatial modeling of agricultural land use change at global scale (2013, background): “Incorporating the effects of competition into spatial allocation models is an important feature, given the potential for growth in demand for agricultural land, particularly for pasture to support projected increase in meatintensive diets, especially in developing countries (Stehfest et al., 2009).”
Agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions: trade-offs or synergies between mitigation and food security? (2013, background): “For example, the efficiency of a diet shift to less meat has been demonstrated [37, 38].”
Spatial decoupling of agricultural production and consumption: quantifying dependences of countries on food imports due to domestic land and water constraints (2013, background): “Those shifts are very likely to exacerbate trade dependence for land-/water-limited countries, since the lower conversion efficiencies require higher inputs of feed crops for the same production of calories (Stehfest et al 2009).”