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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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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 |
author_facet | Wang, Rong 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/). |
spellingShingle | Perspective Wang, Rong Bai, Zhaohai Chang, Jinfeng Li, Qiushuang Hristov, Alexander N. Smith, Pete Yin, Yulong Tan, Zhiliang Wang, Min China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
title | China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
title_full | China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
title_fullStr | China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
title_full_unstemmed | China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
title_short | China’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
title_sort | china’s low-emission pathways toward climate-neutral livestock production for animal-derived foods |
topic | Perspective |
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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