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Potential of meat substitutes for climate change mitigation and improved human health in high-income markets
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The global food system contributes approximately one-quarter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with these dominated by the livestock sector. The projected increase in livestock demand is likely to undermine efforts to keep global average warming below a 2◦C target. A carbon tax is often proposed as the preferred demand-side mechanism for reduced meat consumption. Previous studies, however, suggest that while this could prove successful in reducing net global emissions, it may worsen nutritio...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media Inc Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Journal website
- Volume:
- 2
- Article number:
- 16
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-23
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- ISSN:
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2571-581X
- Source identifiers:
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1074062
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- 2019-11-25
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- Ritchie et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 Ritchie, Reay and Higgins. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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