publication
by , , , , and - This paper compares the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) costs of dairy production across 13 countries and pork production across 10 countries to obtain insights about what causes higher or lower emissions.
food
publication
by Katherine Ross, Kristen Hite, Richard Waite, Rebecca Carter, Laurel Pegorsch, Thomas Damassa and Rebecca Gasper - December 2019This paper discusses practical options for incorporating more ambitious, explicit, and directed actions in the agriculture sector in enhanced NDCs.
publication
by Rohini Chaturvedi, Craig Hanson, Helen Ding and Frances Seymour - November 2019This working paper is a contribution to the FOLU 2019 report, Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use. The paper answers four questions:
- Why are forests critical to economic development and human well-being?
- What public sector measures could conserve and restore forests?
- Why haven’t these public measures sufficiently worked at scale yet?
- How can one overcome the economic and political economy barriers to these measures?
publication
by Richard Waite, Daniel Vennard and Gerard Pozzi - September 2019The Cool Food Pledge is a global initiative that helps food providers sell delicious dishes with smaller climate footprints. This technical note, and the accompanying Cool Food Calculator, help Cool Food Pledge signatories and other food providers set targets and track climate impacts over time.