The potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the UK through healthy and realistic dietary change

Climatic Change

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 253-265

  Green, Rosemary ^a,b   Milner, James ^a   Dangour, Alan D ^a,b   Haines, Andy ^a   Chalabi, Zaid ^a   Markandya, Anil ^c   Spadaro, Joseph ^c   Wilkinson, Paul ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL PRODUCTS; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; NUTRITION;

ANIMAL PRODUCTS; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; DIETARY CHANGES; GHG EMISSION; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; REDUCING EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84925493414     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1329-y     Document Type: Article

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