Mitigation potential and global health impacts from emissions pricing of food commodities

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-74

  Springmann, Marco ^a   Mason D'Croz, Daniel ^b   Robinson, Sherman ^b   Wiebe, Keith ^b   Godfray, H Charles J ^c   Rayner, Mike ^a   Scarborough, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TRADING; FOOD PRODUCT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION TAX; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85008392817     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3155     Document Type: Article

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