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Comparing environmental impacts of regional and national-scale food supply chains : a case study of processed tomatoes

Brodt, Sonja; Kramer, Klaas Jan; Kendall, Alissa; … - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 42 (2013), pp. 106-114

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Comparing environmental impacts of regional and national-scale food supply chains: A case study of processed tomatoes

Brodt, Sonja; Kramer, Klaas Jan; Kendall, Alissa; … - In: Food Policy 42 (2013) C, pp. 106-114

This study uses life cycle assessment methodology to quantify the energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and water use of processed tomato products grown, processed, and consumed within the Great Lakes region of the United States, and tomato products produced in California and then shipped...

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Intensity and the importance of country level differences : an analysis of the relationship between per capita emissions and population density

Longden, Thomas - 2015

emissions from land transport. In contrast, this paper finds a positive relationship between per capita CO2 emissions from … transport and population density using a dataset of over 200 cities from 28 countries. This positive relationship holds when a … the estimated relationship between urban population density and emissions from transport is different across the two …

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Carbon farming in Africa : opportunities and challenges for engaging smallholder farmers

Schilling, Friederike; Baumüller, Heike; Ecuru, Julius; … - 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the importance of reaching net-zero CO2 emissions globally by 2050. Unlocking the potential of natural climate solutions in the strive for net-zero emissions is increasingly gaining attention. A large potential may arise from the...

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Identifying Barriers to Adoption of ‘No-Cost’ Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Practices in Pastoral Systems

Cortés Acosta, Sandra - 2019

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Does Directed Innovation Mitigate Climate Damage? Evidence from US Agriculture

Moscona, Jacob; Sastry, Karthik - 2021

This paper studies how innovation reacts to climate change and shapes its economic impacts, focusing on US agriculture. We show in a model that directed innovation can either mitigate or exacerbate climate change's economic damage depending on whether new technology is on average a substitute...

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Climate Mitigation Policy in Denmark : A Prototype for Other Countries

Batini, Nicoletta; Parry, Ian; Wingender, Philippe - 2021

Denmark has a highly ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. While there is general agreement that carbon pricing should be the centerpiece of Denmark's mitigation strategy, pricing needs to be effective, address equity and leakage concerns, and...

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Cows, Cash and Climate : Low Stocking Rates, High-Performing Cows, Emissions and Profitability across New Zealand Farms

Fleming, David; Kerr, Suzi; Lou, Edmund - 2019

Using the New Zealand Monitor Farm Data (NZMFD), this paper explores the cost-effectiveness of two mitigation options to reduce biological greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on farms: reducing stocking rate (SR; the number of cows per effective hectare of dairy land); and increasing animal...

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A Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategy for the Netherlands

Batini, Nicoletta; Black, Simon; Luca, Oana; Parry, Ian - 2022

The Netherlands has ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the future - to cut them by 49 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 95 percent by 2050. These targets and the likely new EU-wide targets under the recent EU Green Deal entail a rapid acceleration in decarbonization....

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A Case-Study Based Analysis of the Implications of Natural Disasters on the Indian Agriculture Industry From 2000-2020

Batra, Kanav; Siddiqui, Mohammed Aasim; Jain, Ashna; … - 2022

India has a very diverse geography and many aspects of this geographical landscape are tied to its economy. Natural disasters are quite commonplace in some areas and thus the significance of disaster management policy becomes extremely crucial. This research study aimed to analyse policy...

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