Substituting beans for beef as a contribution toward US climate change targets

Climatic Change

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 261-270

  Harwatt, Helen ^a   Sabaté, Joan ^a   Eshel, Gidon ^b,c   Soret, Sam ^a   Ripple, William ^d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEEF; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MEATS;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; DIETARY PATTERNS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; PROTEIN;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85019157550     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-1969-1     Document Type: Article

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