COMMENTARY: Ruminants, climate change and climate policy

被引:239
作者
Ripple, William J. [1 ]
Smith, Pete [2 ,3 ]
Haberl, Helmut [4 ,5 ]
Montzka, Stephen A. [6 ]
McAlpine, Clive [7 ]
Boucher, Douglas H. [8 ]
机构
[1] Oregon State Univ, Dept Forest Ecosyst & Soc, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[2] Univ Aberdeen, Scottish Food Secur Alliance Crops, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland
[3] Univ Aberdeen, Inst Biol & Environm Sci, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland
[4] Alpen Adria Univ Klagenfurt, Inst Social Ecol Vienna, A-1070 Vienna, Austria
[5] Humboldt Univ, Integrat Res Inst Transformat Human Environm Syst, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
[6] NOAA, Earth Syst Res Lab, Boulder, CO 80305 USA
[7] Univ Queensland, Sch Geog Planning & Environm Management, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[8] Union Concerned Scientists, Trop Forest & Climate Initiat, Washington, DC 20006 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1038/nclimate2081
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant meat production are significant. Reductions in global ruminant numbers could make a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation goals and yield important social and environmental co-benefits.
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