Kennissymposium 13 maart 2020
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Food for Thought
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Food for Thought JOS OSEPH POORE OXFORD UNIVERSITEIT VOEDS - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Kennissymposium 13 maart 2020 Voedselvisie: # food oodforth thou ought #voeds dselv lvis isie Food for Thought JOS OSEPH POORE OXFORD UNIVERSITEIT VOEDS DSELVOETAFDR DRUK: IMPACT V VAN AN VOED EDSEL O OP DE P E PLAN ANEET
Kennissymposium 13 maart 2020
Voedselvisie:
Food for Thought
#food
thou
dselv lvis isie
JOS OSEPH POORE
OXFORD UNIVERSITEIT
VOEDS DSELVOETAFDR DRUK: IMPACT V VAN AN VOED EDSEL O OP DE P E PLAN ANEET
(INCL. Q Q&A &A)
#foodvoed edsel selvi visi sie
Food’s Environmental Impacts and an Integrated Solution
Presentation to Party for the Animals Conference, 13th March 2020
Urban
Urban Mixed Crops
Urban Mixed Crops Pasture Rangelands
Commod
ity C Crop
Driven Defor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
26% 5%
Food
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sour urce: Poore & Nemecek (2018) Sour urce: NOAA (2018)32%
Food
Acid Rain
Sour urce: Poore & Nemecek (2018)78%
Food
Eutrophication
25,000km2 “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico
Sour urce: Poore & Nemecek (2018) Sour urce: NOAA (2018)90%
Food
Scarcity-Weighted Water Use
Sour urce: Poore & Nemecek (2018)5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1500 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
Food C Consumption (trillion calories per day)
Sour urce: Adapted from Smith (2015), using data from FAOSTAT and the UN5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1500 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
Food C Consumption (trillion calories per day)
Sour urce: Adapted from Smith (2015), using data from FAOSTAT and the UN; adapted from FAO forecastsForecast Annua nual C Consum umption i n in 2050: 050:
570 m 0 million f n farms >2 m 2 million c crop p varieties i s in n seed eed va vaults Food p produc uced i ed in ev every c climate and s soil, l, w with o
imal p l practic ices for ea each 430 b 0 brands nds 14 c 14 compa panies o s own n 54 o 54 of the he larges est b brands nds
Summa mary 1. 1. Agriculture s sit its a at t the h heart of
almost all all envir ironmental p l proble lems 2. 2. Achieving s sustainability w will become h e harder er g given en g growi wing d g demand 3. 3. Solutions m must b t be effecti tive e over er millions o
diver erse e producer ers
ilit ity a across a all i indi ndicators, , inc nclud uding i in n simila lar g geographic regio ions ns
ies a a targeted mitigatio ion a n appr pproach w h will ha have hi highe hest i impa pact
Source: Poore & Nemecek (2018) Low impact producers 10th percentile High impact producers 90th percentilee are e differ erent c causes of environmen ental impact f for d differ eren ent f farmer ers
need t d to be be flexibl xible a and l nd let the hem de deliver mitig igatio ion ho however works be best f for the hem
ilit ity a across a all i indi ndicators, , inc nclud uding i in n simila lar g geographic regio ions ns
ies a a targeted mitigatio ion a n appr pproach w h will ha have hi highe hest i impa pact
Netherland nds: G GHG e emissio ions ns r rela lated t to f food unde under di different di diets
2,985 1,638 582 261 127
GHG emissions per capita (kg CO2eq, IPCC 2013)
Netherland nds: E Eut utrophying e emissio ions related t to f food unde under di different di diets
10,247 7,434 5,508 5,813 4,132 3,469 Eutrophying emissions per capita (g PO43-eq, CML2 baseline)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Gt CO2eq)
Animal-Product Free Diet 50% reduction in animal products, targeting highest impact producers 70%
Change in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Oils Sugars AlcoholsStimulants Weighted Average = -45% Consume 20% less, targeting the highest impact producers
Source: Poore & Nemecek (2019) A 30% reduction in global GHG emissions across all sectorsnefit it o
eating less o
a hi high i h impa pact pr produ duct inc ncrease by cho hoosing t the he m most s sus ustaina nably pr produc uced
n make s suc uch h cho hoice i if value ue c cha hain c n cha hann nnels ena nabl ble i ide dentity pr preservatio ion n
1992 (labels introduced) 2018 Household appliance market share by energy efficiency group
G F E D C B A A+ A++ A+++
Summa mary 1. 1. Very y signif ific ican ant potential ial t to r
food
imp mpac acts 2. 2. Mitigation requires es a a sophisti ticated ed a approach, e engaging f g full s supply-cha chain 3. 3. Mandatory l labels a are t the e most p t promising w way t to shift t ft the e en entire s system