Kuempel, CD, Frazier, M, Nash, KL et al. (12 more authors) (2020) Integrating Life Cycle and Impact Assessments to Map Food's Cumulative Environmental Footprint. One Earth, 3 (1). pp. 65-78. ISSN 2590-3322
Abstract
Feeding a growing, increasingly affluent population while limiting environmental pressures of food production is a central challenge for society. Understanding the location and magnitude of food production is key to addressing this challenge because pressures vary substantially across food production types. Applying data and models from life cycle assessment with the methodologies for mapping cumulative environmental impacts of human activities (hereafter cumulative impact mapping) provides a powerful approach to spatially map the cumulative environmental pressure of food production in a way that is consistent and comprehensive across food types. However, these methodologies have yet to be combined. By synthesizing life cycle assessment and cumulative impact mapping methodologies, we provide guidance for comprehensively and cumulatively mapping the environmental pressures (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, spatial occupancy, and freshwater use) associated with food production systems. This spatial approach enables quantification of current and potential future environmental pressures, which is needed for decision makers to create more sustainable food policies and practices.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | cradle-to-gate; cumulative impact; environmental pressure; environmental cost; environmental impact; food production; food security; sustainability |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2021 15:20 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2021 15:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cell Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.014 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171787 |