Thread by @BjoernSoergel

1/5) Out now @NatureFoodJnl : Integrating #degrowth and efficiency perspectives enables an emission-neutral #food system by 2100 nature.com/articles/s4301…
* First quantification of food system degrowth proposals
* Comparison with GHG pricing
* Together: emission-neutral food system

(2/5) Key findings:
* degrowth understood as only reducing GDP/capita in rich countries won't reduce food system emissions much
* shift to sufficient, healthy and sustainable diets leads to large emission reductions, even larger than pricing greenhouse gases in the food system

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* dietary change leads to shrinking/stabilizing economic size of food system. This is a consequence (not the cause) of a qualitative transformation of the food system
* Degrowth proposal for the food system are synergistic with GHG pricing -> sustainable transformation

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* Here we looked just at emissions. But similar statements will likely apply to many other sustainability indicators affected by food systems:
- Fertilizer use
- Water use
- Biodiversity
...

(5/5)
More here:
@NatureFoodJnl Research briefing: nature.com/articles/s4301…
@NatureFoodJnl News & Views: nature.com/articles/s4301…
@PIK_Climate Press release: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…

@JKikstra @JKSteinberger @jasonhickel

Here's an openly accessible link: rdcu.be/cNFWn

Make sure also to follow co-lead author David Chen @sunscreen4u !