Food Surplus and Its Climate Burdens

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4269-4277

  Hiç, Ceren ^a   Pradhan, Prajal ^a   Rybski, Diego ^a   Kropp, Jürgen P ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEMAND; FOOD PRODUCTION; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BODY MASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BODY WEIGHT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CONSUMER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD WASTE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CATERING SERVICE; FOOD; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS;

AGRICULTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS;

EID: 84966326674     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05088     Document Type: Article

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