Study · Other
Data is freeThe carbon opportunity cost of animal-sourced food production on land
Shifting to plant-based diets by 2050 could sequester 332–547 GtCO2 through ecosystem restoration, equal to 99–163% of the remaining 1.5 °C carbon budget.
Nature Sustainability · 2020
Key facts
- Who was studied
- Global feed cropland and pasture (scenarios to 2050)
- Duration
- scenarios to 2050
- Main result
- Shifting to plant-based diets by 2050 could sequester 332–547 GtCO2, equivalent to 99–163% of the 1.5 °C CO2 budget.
- Authors
- Hayek MN et al.
- Full text
- DOI 10.1038/s41893-020-00603-4
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