气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels

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DOI	10.1038/s41558-018-0354-z
	Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels
	Camilleri A.R.; Larrick R.P.; Hossain S.; Patino-Echeverri D.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1758678X
EISSN	1758-6798
卷号	9 期号:1 页码:53-+
英文摘要	Food production is a major cause of energy use and GHG emissions, and therefore diet change is an important behavioural strategy for reducing associated environmental impacts. However, a severe obstacle to diet change may be consumers’ underestimation of the environmental impacts of different types of food. Here we show that energy consumption and GHG emission estimates are significantly underestimated for foods, suggesting a possible blind spot suitable for intervention. In a second study, we find that providing consumers with information regarding the GHG emissions associated with the life cycle of food, presented in terms of a familiar reference unit (light-bulb minutes), shifts their actual purchase choices away from higher-emission options. Thus, although consumers’ poor understanding of the food system is a barrier to reducing energy use and GHG emissions, it also represents a promising area for simple interventions such as a well-designed carbon label. © 2018, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
来源期刊	Nature Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/91620
作者单位	UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia; Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; Duke University School of Law, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Camilleri A.R.,Larrick R.P.,Hossain S.,et al. Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels[J],2019,9(1):53-+.
APA	Camilleri A.R.,Larrick R.P.,Hossain S.,&Patino-Echeverri D..(2019).Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels.Nature Climate Change,9(1),53-+.
MLA	Camilleri A.R.,et al."Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels".Nature Climate Change 9.1(2019):53-+.