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| Article Title | Carbon footprints, informed consumer decisions and shifts towards responsible agriculture, forestry, and other land uses? | | Author | Meine van Noordwijk, Thu Thuy Pham, Beria Leimona, Lalisa A. Duguma, Himlal Baral, Ni'matul Khasanah, Sonya Dewi and Peter A Minang | | Year | 2022 | | Journal Title | Carbon Footprints | | Volume | 1 | | Issue | 4 | | Pages | 1-20 | | Call Number | JA00793-22 |
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| The urgent global reduction of greenhouse gas emissions depends on political commitments to common but differentiated responsibility. Carbon footprints as a metric of attributable emissions reflect individually determined contributions within, and aggregated national contributions between, countries. Footprints per unit product (e.g., of food, feed, fuel, or fiber) require a lifecycle analysis and support individual decisions on consumption and lifestyles. This perspective presents a framework for analysis that connects the various operationalizations and their use in informing consumer and policy decisions. Footprints show geographical variation and are changing as part of political-economic and social-ecological systems. Articulation of footprints may trigger further change. Carbon footprints partially correlate with water and biodiversity footprints as related ecological footprint concepts. The multifunctionality of land use, as a solution pathway, can be reflected in aggregated footprint metrics. Credible footprint metrics can contribute to change but only if political commitments and social-cultural values and responsibilities align. |
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