Trade-offs between land-based climate change mitigation efforts and food security are common to most decarbonization scenarios. Accounting for climate impacts and inclusive policy design can reverse this trend.
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Köberle, A.C. Food security in climate mitigation scenarios. Nat Food 3, 98–99 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00443-1
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