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The Carbon Opportunity Cost of Animal-Sourced Food Production on Land

Nature Sustainability

Volume: 4: 21–24

07 SEP 2020

Hayek, M.N., Harwatt, H., Ripple, W.J., & Mueller, N.D

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From the source: "The authors declare no competing interests."

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In this brief communication, the authors explore how using the land to produce foods creates a carbon opportunity cost (COC). A COC is the amount of CO2 that could be removed (but isn’t) if land currently used to produce food was allowed to return to its natural/native state. They find a 66% chance of containing global warming to 1.5°C if global food production shifts to plant-based diets by 2050.

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