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China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods

Animal-derived food production accounts for one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Diet followed in China is ranked as low-carbon emitting (i.e., 0.21 t CO(2)-eq per capita in 2018, ranking at 145(th) of 168 countries) due to the low average animal-derived food consumption...

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Autores principales: Wang, Rong, Bai, Zhaohai, Chang, Jinfeng, Li, Qiushuang, Hristov, Alexander N., Smith, Pete, Yin, Yulong, Tan, Zhiliang, Wang, Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8919287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100220
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author Wang, Rong
Bai, Zhaohai
Chang, Jinfeng
Li, Qiushuang
Hristov, Alexander N.
Smith, Pete
Yin, Yulong
Tan, Zhiliang
Wang, Min
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Bai, Zhaohai
Chang, Jinfeng
Li, Qiushuang
Hristov, Alexander N.
Smith, Pete
Yin, Yulong
Tan, Zhiliang
Wang, Min
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description Animal-derived food production accounts for one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Diet followed in China is ranked as low-carbon emitting (i.e., 0.21 t CO(2)-eq per capita in 2018, ranking at 145(th) of 168 countries) due to the low average animal-derived food consumption rate, and preferential consumption of animal-derived foods with lower GHG emissions (i.e., pork and eggs versus beef and milk). However, the projected increase in GHG emissions from livestock production poses great challenges for achieving China’s “carbon neutrality” pledge. We propose that the livestock sector in China may achieve “climate neutrality” with net-zero warming around 2050 by implementing healthy diet and mitigation strategies to control enteric methane emissions.
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spelling pubmed-89192872022-03-15 China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods Wang, Rong Bai, Zhaohai Chang, Jinfeng Li, Qiushuang Hristov, Alexander N. Smith, Pete Yin, Yulong Tan, Zhiliang Wang, Min Innovation (Camb) Perspective Animal-derived food production accounts for one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Diet followed in China is ranked as low-carbon emitting (i.e., 0.21 t CO(2)-eq per capita in 2018, ranking at 145(th) of 168 countries) due to the low average animal-derived food consumption rate, and preferential consumption of animal-derived foods with lower GHG emissions (i.e., pork and eggs versus beef and milk). However, the projected increase in GHG emissions from livestock production poses great challenges for achieving China’s “carbon neutrality” pledge. We propose that the livestock sector in China may achieve “climate neutrality” with net-zero warming around 2050 by implementing healthy diet and mitigation strategies to control enteric methane emissions. Elsevier 2022-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8919287/ /pubmed/35295193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100220 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Smith, Pete
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Tan, Zhiliang
Wang, Min
China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8919287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100220
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