Almaraz et al. (2023): Model-based scenarios for achieving net negative emissions in the food system
Maya Almaraz, Benjamin Z. Houlton , Michael Clark, Iris Holzer, Yanqiu Zhou, Laura Rasmussen, Emily Moberg, Erin Manaigo, Benjamin S. Halpern, Courtney Scarborough, Xin Gen Lei, Melissa Ho, Edward Allison, Lindiwe Sibanda, Andrew Salter IN: PLOS Climate, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000181
Consumers, technology innovation, industry, and agricultural practices offer various degrees of opportunity to reduce emissions and remove CO2. However, a question remains as to whether food system transformation can achieve net negative emissions (i.e., where GHG sinks exceed sources sector wide) and what the capacity of the different levers may be. The authors use a global food system model to explore the influence of consumer choice, climate-smart agro-industrial technologies, and food waste reductions for achieving net negative emissions for the year 2050.