Abstract
Climate change is considered as a global phenomenon affecting the entire food chain. The majority of food-related environmental studies emphasize significant impacts of the animal origin food supply chain on climate change through calculation of various indicators such as global warming potential or ozone depletion potential. These findings initiated various scientific debates discussing the necessity of changing dietary patterns in terms of avoiding meat and dairy products as “environmental polluters” with strong effects on climate change.
On the other side, temperature changes and variations of precipitation patterns together with extreme weather events and water reduction are recognized as predictors for reduced food production, decreased food quality, and rise of food safety issues associated with animal origin food. As a result, preventive measures in food production are aligned to various environmental impacts.
Scientists have quantified impacts of animal origin food production on climate change, mainly by employing life-cycle assessment. Also, various perspectives were used to distinguish between the influence and the importance of certain preventive measures implemented as a result of climate change effects. This chapter gives an overview of various approaches on revealing climate change impact on animal origin food production from both sides of the coin.
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Djekic, I., Tomasevic, I. (2021). Impact of Animal Origin Food Production on Climate Change and Vice Versa: Analysis from a Meat and Dairy Products Perspective. In: Leal Filho, W., Luetz, J., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22759-3_20-1
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