Meat consumption and sustainability

MC Parlasca, M Qaim - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Meat has become a controversial topic in public debates, as it involves multiple
sustainability dimensions. Here, we review global meat consumption trends and the various …

[HTML][HTML] Ensuring a post-COVID economic agenda tackles global biodiversity loss

P McElwee, M Chiroleu-Assouline, J Clapp, C Isenhour… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused dramatic and unprecedented impacts on both global
health and economies. Many governments are now proposing recovery packages to get …

High energy and fertilizer prices are more damaging than food export curtailment from Ukraine and Russia for food prices, health and the environment

P Alexander, A Arneth, R Henry, J Maire, S Rabin… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Higher food prices arising from restrictions on exports from Russia or Ukraine have been
exacerbated by energy price rises, leading to higher costs for agricultural inputs such as …

Rural land abandonment is too ephemeral to provide major benefits for biodiversity and climate

CL Crawford, H Yin, VC Radeloff, DS Wilcove - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Hundreds of millions of hectares of cropland have been abandoned globally since 1950 due
to demographic, economic, and environmental changes. This abandonment has been seen …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the interlinkage between biodiversity and diet through the Mediterranean diet case

K Mattas, E Raptou, A Alayidi, G Yener… - Advances in Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
The adoption of healthy and sustainable diets and the transition to sustainable food systems
is of principal importance in order to counteract the double burden of climate change and …

Making protected areas effective for biodiversity, climate and food

A Arneth, P Leadley, J Claudet, M Coll… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial extent of marine and terrestrial protected areas (PAs) was among the most
intensely debated issues prior to the decision about the post‐2020 Global Biodiversity …

Averting wildlife-borne infectious disease epidemics requires a focus on socio-ecological drivers and a redesign of the global food system

GI Wegner, KA Murray, M Springmann, A Muller… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
A debate has emerged over the potential socio-ecological drivers of wildlife-origin zoonotic
disease outbreaks and emerging infectious disease (EID) events. This Review explores the …

[HTML][HTML] Urban agriculture may change food consumption towards low carbon diets

I Puigdueta, E Aguilera, JL Cruz, A Iglesias… - Global Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
The mitigation of greenhouse gases in the agri-food sector depends on production and
consumption patterns. This study focuses on the impact of urban gardening activities on food …

[HTML][HTML] Shared and environmentally just responsibility for global biodiversity loss

Z Sun, P Behrens, A Tukker, M Bruckner, L Scherer - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Human land use is the main driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss. It has been argued that
producers and consumers have a shared responsibility for biodiversity loss because this …

Critical overview of the implications of a global protein transition in the face of climate change: Key unknowns and research imperatives

CL Lumsden, J Jägermeyr, L Ziska, J Fanzo - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Current dietary protein production and consumption are depleting resources, degrading the
environment, and fueling chronic diseases. These human and environmental impacts ignite …