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  Integrating degrowth and efficiency perspectives enables an emission-neutral food system by 2100

Bodirsky, B. L., Chen, D.-M.-C., Weindl, I., Sörgel, B., Beier, F., Molina Bacca, E. J., Gaupp, F., Popp, A., Lotze-Campen, H. (2022): Integrating degrowth and efficiency perspectives enables an emission-neutral food system by 2100. - Nature Food, 3, 5, 341-348.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00500-3

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Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon1, Author              
Chen, David Meng-Chuen1, Author              
Weindl, Isabelle1, Author              
Sörgel, Björn1, Author              
Beier, Felicitas1, Author              
Molina Bacca, Edna J.1, Author              
Gaupp, Franziska1, Author              
Popp, Alexander1, Author              
Lotze-Campen, Hermann1, Author              
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 Abstract: Degrowth proponents advocate reducing ecologically destructive forms of production and resource throughput in wealthy economies to achieve environmental goals, while transforming production to focus on human well-being. Here we present a quantitative model to test degrowth principles in the food and land system. Our results confirm that reducing and redistributing income alone, within current development paradigms, leads to limited greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation from agriculture and land-use change, as the nutrition transition towards unsustainable diets already occurs at relatively low income levels. Instead, we show that a structural, qualitative food system transformation can achieve a steady-state food system economy that is net GHG-neutral by 2100 while improving nutritional outcomes. This sustainable transformation reduces material throughput via a convergence towards a needs-based food system, is enabled by a more equitable income distribution and includes efficient resource allocation through the pricing of GHG emissions as a complementary strategy. It thereby integrates degrowth and efficiency perspectives.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2022-04-192022-05-162022-05
 Publication Status: Finally published
 Pages: 10
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: MDB-ID: pending
PIKDOMAIN: RD2 - Climate Resilience
Organisational keyword: RD2 - Climate Resilience
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00500-3
PIKDOMAIN: RD3 - Transformation Pathways
Organisational keyword: RD3 - Transformation Pathways
Working Group: Land Use and Resilience
Research topic keyword: 1.5/2°C limit
Research topic keyword: Economics
Research topic keyword: Food & Agriculture
Research topic keyword: Land use
Research topic keyword: Mitigation
Regional keyword: Global
Model / method: MAgPIE
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Title: Nature Food
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 3 (5) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 341 - 348 Identifier: Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Other: 2662-1355
CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/nature-food
Publisher: Springer Nature