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Livestock sector can threaten planetary boundaries without regionally differentiated strategies

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/persons/resource/li.chaohui

Li,  Chaohui
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/prajal.pradhan

Pradhan,  Prajal
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

/persons/resource/xudong.wu

Wu,  Xudong
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Li,  Zhi
External Organizations;

Liu,  Jingyu
External Organizations;

Hubacek,  Klaus
External Organizations;

Chen,  Guoqian
External Organizations;

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Li, C., Pradhan, P., Wu, X., Li, Z., Liu, J., Hubacek, K., Chen, G. (2024): Livestock sector can threaten planetary boundaries without regionally differentiated strategies. - Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122444.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122444


Cite as: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_30307
Abstract
The livestock sector represents major challenges to safeguarding environmental integrity. This study comprehensively analyzes ten environmental footprints of the livestock sector from 1995 to 2022, with projections until 2030, and juxtaposes them with the planetary boundaries. We quantify greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use, particulate matter formation, and biochemical flows associated with the livestock sector. Our findings indicate that the livestock sector alone poses a significant challenge to planetary boundaries and has the potential to threaten several of these boundaries by 2030. Scenario modeling shows that a “one-size-fits-all” strategy for all countries can be suboptimal. Conversely, a region-specific strategy that requires developed regions to align meat consumption with the Eat-Lancet diet while developing regions focus on improvement of production efficiency is optimal for reducing livestock's global environmental footprints. These findings highlight the need for targeted policy measures and regional strategies to effectively mitigate the environmental impacts of the livestock sector and ensure sustainable practices.