Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Calculation of external climate costs for food highlights inadequate pricing of animal products

  • Maximilian Pieper,
  • Amelie Michalke,
  • Tobias Gaugler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19474-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions not only amplify the global climate crisis, but cause damage currently unaccounted for by food prices. Here the authors show the calculation of prices with internalized climate costs for food categories and production systems, revealing strong market distortions.