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Introducing a comprehensive and configurable tool for calculating environmental and social footprints for use in dietary assessments
It is well established that dietary patterns must be transformed to mitigate climate change, biodiversity loss, and other environmental challenges. While life cycle and footprint assessments provide valuable insights at the product level, comprehensive evaluations of entire diets are necessary to guide sustainable food choices.
Advancing metrics for animal welfare and antibiotic use in sustainability assessments of diets
Assessment of diet sustainability often considers environmental impacts, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land and water use. This study improves sustainability assessments by also including animal welfare and antibiotic use.
When arable land is the limit: Paths for future livestock production – An example from Norway
The findings of this study highlight Norway’s potential to develop sustainable livestock systems that tackle environmental challenges while ensuring food security.
Cost-neutral food tax reforms for healthier and more sustainable diets
This study evaluates cost-neutral food tax reforms integrating climate and health objectives, compared with strictly climate- and health-focused reforms.
Advancing metrics for animal welfare and antibiotic use in sustainability assessments of diets
This study contributes to the improvement of sustainability assessments of food systems by advancing methods to include animal welfare and antibiotic use.
Are interventions for environmentally sustainable dietary behaviours effective? A review
In the face of growing environmental pressures, understanding how governance can promote more sustainable dietary behaviours is increasingly critical.
Effectiveness of governance interventions in achieving environmentally sustainable dietary behaviours – a review of the evidence
In the face of growing environmental pressures, understanding how governance can promote more sustainable dietary behaviours is increasingly critical.
Feeding straw to suckler cows spared land but did not decrease the climate impact of beef
Idisslare kan fortfarande ingå i hållbara livsmedelssystem, eftersom de kan omvandla grov biomassa som är olämplig för mänsklig konsumtion (t.ex. gräs eller halm) till livsmedel för människor – de fungerar med andra ord som ”uppgraderare”.