Integrating Life Cycle and Impact Assessments to Map Food's Cumulative Environmental Footprint
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2020-07-24
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Kuempel, Caitlin D.
Frazier, Melanie
Nash, Kirsty L.
Jacobsen, Nis Sand
Williams, David R.
Blanchard, Julia L.
Cottrell, Richard S.
McIntyre, Peter B.
Moran, Daniel
Bouwman, Lex
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Abstract
Producing food exerts pressures on the environment. Understanding the location and magnitude of food production is key to reducing the impacts of these pressures on nature and people. In this Perspective, Kuempel et al. outline an approach for integrating life cycle assessment and cumulative impact mapping data and methodologies to map the cumulative environmental pressure of food systems. The approach enables quantification of current and potential future environmental pressures, which are needed to reduce the net impact of feeding humanity.
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cradle-to-gate, cumulative impact, environmental cost, environmental impact, environmental pressure, food production, food security, sustainability, General Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), SDG 2 - Zero Hunger, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
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Kuempel, C D, Frazier, M, Nash, K L, Jacobsen, N S, Williams, D R, Blanchard, J L, Cottrell, R S, McIntyre, P B, Moran, D, Bouwman, L, Froehlich, H E, Gephart, J A, Metian, M, Többen, J & Halpern, B S 2020, 'Integrating Life Cycle and Impact Assessments to Map Food's Cumulative Environmental Footprint', One Earth, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.014