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Degrowth scenarios for emissions neutrality

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Degrowth can aid climate mitigation in the food system by integrating reduced animal protein demand, emissions pricing and wealth redistribution into a global food systems transformation.

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  1. ISA, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Manfred Lenzen

  2. Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Environmental Decisions, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Lorenz Keyβer

  3. Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Jason Hickel

  4. International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics, London, UK

    Jason Hickel

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Lenzen, M., Keyβer, L. & Hickel, J. Degrowth scenarios for emissions neutrality. Nat Food 3, 308–309 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00516-9

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