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Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions

M. Crippa; E. Solazzo; D. Guizzardi; F. Monforti-Ferrario; F. N. Tubiello; A. Leip

Springer Science and Business Media LLC · 2021

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Summary

Abstract/publisher summary: presents EDGAR-FOOD, a global emissions database covering food-system stages across countries, and estimates food systems produced about one third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2015.

Outcomes reported

Source report: Building Our Food Future: How 10 Global Visionaries Are Transforming Food Systems Through Healthy and Sustainable Diets (2025); Planeatry Alliance - Building Our Food Future (2025) File: Planeatry+Alliance+-+Building+Our+Food+Future.pdf Ref#: Planeatry+Alliance+-+Building+Our+Food+Future.pdf #1; Planeatry Alliance - Building Our Food Future (2025) #1 Original: M. Crippa, Solazzo, E., D. Guizzardi, F. Monforti-Ferrario, Tubiello, F.N. and Leip, A. (2021). Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Nature Food, [Online]. 2; pp. 198-209. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00225-9

Theme
Farming systems, soils & land use
Subject
Peer-reviewed research
Study type
Research
Source type
Peer-reviewed research
Status
Published
Geography
UK
DOI
10.1038/s43016-021-00225-9
Catalogue ID
IRmohfq8ok-502c9b
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