Summary
This 2016 integrated modelling study examined how carbon pricing mechanisms applied to food commodities could simultaneously reduce agricultural emissions and alter population diets in ways that affect health outcomes. Using combined assessment and epidemiological models, the authors projected global mitigation potential and health impacts, finding that emissions pricing of food could generate climate and public health co-benefits, though the magnitude and distribution of benefits varied considerably by region, commodity, and income level.
UK applicability
The findings are relevant to United Kingdom policy development on carbon pricing and food system regulation; however, the model's regional projections would need contextualisation to UK dietary patterns, agricultural structure, and income distribution to inform domestic policy implementation.
Key measures
Agricultural emissions reductions (CO2-eq), dietary shifts in response to pricing, mortality attributable to diet-related disease, regional and income-group variation in health impacts
Outcomes reported
The study projected global agricultural greenhouse gas emission reductions and changes in population dietary patterns and health outcomes under various carbon pricing scenarios applied to food commodities. It assessed the distribution of climate mitigation and health benefits across regions and income levels.
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