The article presents an in-depth analysis of various sustainability standards applicable to the dairy industry, and the growing pressure from consumers and politicians to improve the sector’s sustainability.
Public policies and Vested Interests Preserve the Animal Farming Status Quo at the Expense of Animal Product Analogs
This article discusses the urgent need to transform the global food system to address issues related to climate change, deforestation, and biodiversity loss
Compound Climate Risks Threaten Aquatic Food System Benefits
Researchers used an integrated modeling approach to assess climate-related risks to national aquatic food systems.
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Aquaculture
The researchers analyzed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in global aquaculture, including emissions from the beginning of production to point of sale, but excluding those post-farm.
The Environmental Footprint of Global Food Production
The authors used a global geospatial analysis of 2017 data to examine the environmental pressures (greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater use, habitat disturbance, and nutrient pollution) asserted by the production of aquatic (marine and freshwater) and terrestrial foods.
Environmental Sustainability and Footprints of Global Aquaculture
The authors evaluated the sustainability of different countries’ aquaculture industries by developing a food-energy-water-carbon (FEWC) composite sustainability index.
Environmental Burdens of Small-Scale Intensive Pig Production in China
The authors use a life-cycle assessment to identify primary sources of environmental impacts (using six categories from the ReCiPe framework) along the production process (from birth to arrival at the slaughterhouse) for pigs in small scale intensive systems in China.
Protected Area Planning to Conserve Biodiversity in an Uncertain Future
This 2023 study used a hierarchical optimization approach to identify which protected areas containing endangered species need to be spatially reconfigured in order to protect them from climate change risk, land use change risk, and risk from weak governance.
Where Species Don’t Meet: Invisibilized Animals, Urban Nature and City Limits
This paper provides an argument against prioritizing a multispecies entanglement approach when considering how to combat climate change.