Big Facts on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Food Emissions

Diets containing 1/3 animal products release up to 6.1kg CO2 per person per day via @cgiarclimate

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Pradhan P, Reusser DE, Kropp JP. 2013. Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Diets. PLoS ONE 8(5), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062228. (Available from: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062228).

#DidYouKnow up to 14.5% of global GHG emissions come from livestock? #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Gerber PJ, Steinfeld H, Henderson B, Mottet A, Opio C, Dijkman J, Falcucci A & Tempio G. 2013. Tackling climate change through livestock – A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What a waste! 1/3 of food lost as it trickles through food supply chain #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013b. Food wastage footprint. Impacts on natural resources. Summary Report. Rome, Italy: FAO (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3347e/i3347e.pdf)

Rich countries waste almost as much food as sub-Saharan Africa produces #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Vermeulen et al., 2012

Our food system's emissions contribute up to 29% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[US-EPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2011. Global anthropogenic non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions: 1990 – 2030 EPA 430-D-11-003. (Draft.) Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Available from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/EPAactivities/economics/nonco2projections.html)

Vermeulen SJ, Campbell BM, Ingram J SI. 2012. Climate change and food systems. Annual Review of Environmental Resources 37. (Available from http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-020411-130608)

Food vs forests? Agriculture causes nearly 75% of global deforestation #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Blaser J, Robledo C. 2007. Analysis on the mitigation potential in the forestry sector. Report for the UNFCCC Secretariat. Bern: Intercooperation. (Available from http://unfccc.int/files/cooperation_and_support/financial_mechanism/application/pdf/blaser.pdf)

Tilman D, Balzer C, Hill J, Befort BL. 2011. Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture. PNAS 108(50):20260–20264. (Available from www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1116437108)

US ethanol demand will require 10.8m new hectares of sugar cane & maize. #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Searchinger T, Heimlich R, Houghton RA, Dong F, Elobeid, A et al. 2008. Use of U.S. croplands for biofuels increases greenhouse gases through emissions from land-use change. Science 319:1238-1240. (Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1151861)