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| DOI | 10.1080/14693062.2018.1528965 |
| Including animal to plant protein shifts in climate change mitigation policy: a proposed three-step strategy | |
| Harwatt H. | |
| 发表日期 | 2019 |
| ISSN | 14693062 |
| 起始页码 | 533 |
| 结束页码 | 541 |
| 卷号 | 19期号:5 |
| 英文摘要 | Strong and rapid greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions, far beyond those currently committed to, are required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. This allows no sector to maintain business as usual practices, while application of the precautionary principle requires avoiding a reliance on negative emission technologies. Animal to plant-sourced protein shifts offer substantial potential for GHG emission reductions. Unabated, the livestock sector could take between 37% and 49% of the GHG budget allowable under the 2°C and 1.5°C targets, respectively, by 2030. Inaction in the livestock sector would require substantial GHG reductions, far beyond what are planned or realistic, from other sectors. This outlook article outlines why animal to plant-sourced protein shifts should be taken up by the Conference of the Parties (COP), and how they could feature as part of countries’ mitigation commitments under their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to be adopted from 2020 onwards. The proposed framework includes an acknowledgment of ‘peak livestock’, followed by targets for large and rapid reductions in livestock numbers based on a combined ‘worst first’ and ‘best available food’ approach. Adequate support, including climate finance, is needed to facilitate countries in implementing animal to plant-sourced protein shifts. Key policy insights Given the livestock sector’s significant contribution to global GHG emissions and methane dominance, animal to plant protein shifts make a necessary contribution to meeting the Paris temperature goals and reducing warming in the short term, while providing a suite of co-benefits. Without action, the livestock sector could take between 37% and 49% of the GHG budget allowable under the 2°C and 1.5°C targets, respectively, by 2030. Failure to implement animal to plant protein shifts increases the risk of exceeding temperate goals; requires additional GHG reductions from other sectors; and increases reliance on negative emissions technologies. COP 24 is an opportunity to bring animal to plant protein shifts to the climate mitigation table. Revised NDCs from 2020 should include animal to plant protein shifts, starting with a declaration of ‘peak livestock’, followed by a ‘worst first’ replacement approach, guided by ‘best available food’. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
| 英文关键词 | animal agriculture; animal to plant-protein shifts; Climate change mitigation; climate policy; COP 24; Paris agreement |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| scopus关键词 | climate change; emission control; environmental policy; environmental technology; greenhouse gas; livestock; precautionary principle; protein; Animalia |
| 来源期刊 | Climate Policy
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153399 |
| 作者单位 | Farmed Animal Law and Policy Fellow, Animal Law & Policy Program, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Harwatt H.. Including animal to plant protein shifts in climate change mitigation policy: a proposed three-step strategy[J],2019,19(5). |
| APA | Harwatt H..(2019).Including animal to plant protein shifts in climate change mitigation policy: a proposed three-step strategy.Climate Policy,19(5). |
| MLA | Harwatt H.."Including animal to plant protein shifts in climate change mitigation policy: a proposed three-step strategy".Climate Policy 19.5(2019). |
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