Reducing meat consumption in developed and transition countries to counter climate change and biodiversity loss: a review of influence factors

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1261-1277

  Stoll Kleemann, Susanne ^a   Schmidt, Uta Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Climate change; Dissonance and behaviour change; Meat consumption; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990855865     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-1057-5     Document Type: Article

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