Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options
From farm to fork, food and beverage consumption can have significant negative impacts on energy consumption, water consumption, climate change, and other environmental subsystems. This paper presents a comprehensive, critical and systematic review of more than 350,000 sources of evidence, and a sho...
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| author | Sovacool, Benjamin |
| author2 | Bazilian, Morgan Griffiths, Steven Kim, Jinsoo Foley, Aoife Rooney, David |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Sovacool, B. K., Bazilian, M., Griffiths, S., Kim, J., Foley, A., & Rooney, D. (2021). Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options. In Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Vol. 143, p. 110856). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.110856 1364-0321 https://hdl.handle.net/11073/25765 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110856 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Climate change Climate mitigation Food and drinks Industrial decarbonization Net-zero Energy policy Food processing Food manufacturing Food systems Sustainability transitions Innovation |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
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| description | From farm to fork, food and beverage consumption can have significant negative impacts on energy consumption, water consumption, climate change, and other environmental subsystems. This paper presents a comprehensive, critical and systematic review of more than 350,000 sources of evidence, and a short list of 701 studies, on the topic of greenhouse gas emissions from the food and beverage industry. Utilizing a sociotechnical lens that examines food supply and agriculture, manufacturing, retail and distribution, and consumption and use, the review identifies the most carbon-intensive processes in the industry, as well as the corresponding energy and carbon “footprints”. It discusses multiple current and emerging options and practices for decarbonization, including 78 potentially transformative technologies. It examines the benefits to sector decarbonization—including energy and carbon savings, cost savings, and other co-benefits related to sustainability or health—as well as barriers across financial and economic, institutional and managerial, and behavioral and consumer dimensions. It lastly discusses how financing, business models, and policy can be harnessed to help overcome these barriers, and identifies a set of research gaps. |
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| spelling | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy optionsSovacool, BenjaminBazilian, MorganGriffiths, StevenKim, JinsooFoley, AoifeRooney, DavidClimate changeClimate mitigationFood and drinksIndustrial decarbonizationNet-zeroEnergy policyFood processingFood manufacturingFood systemsSustainability transitionsInnovationFrom farm to fork, food and beverage consumption can have significant negative impacts on energy consumption, water consumption, climate change, and other environmental subsystems. This paper presents a comprehensive, critical and systematic review of more than 350,000 sources of evidence, and a short list of 701 studies, on the topic of greenhouse gas emissions from the food and beverage industry. Utilizing a sociotechnical lens that examines food supply and agriculture, manufacturing, retail and distribution, and consumption and use, the review identifies the most carbon-intensive processes in the industry, as well as the corresponding energy and carbon “footprints”. It discusses multiple current and emerging options and practices for decarbonization, including 78 potentially transformative technologies. It examines the benefits to sector decarbonization—including energy and carbon savings, cost savings, and other co-benefits related to sustainability or health—as well as barriers across financial and economic, institutional and managerial, and behavioral and consumer dimensions. It lastly discusses how financing, business models, and policy can be harnessed to help overcome these barriers, and identifies a set of research gaps.Elsevier2025-01-02T06:12:26Z2025-01-02T06:12:26Z2021-06Peer-ReviewedPublished versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfSovacool, B. K., Bazilian, M., Griffiths, S., Kim, J., Foley, A., & Rooney, D. (2021). Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options. In Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Vol. 143, p. 110856). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.1108561364-0321https://hdl.handle.net/11073/2576510.1016/j.rser.2021.110856enhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.110856Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/257652025-01-02T15:04:20Z |
| spellingShingle | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options Sovacool, Benjamin Climate change Climate mitigation Food and drinks Industrial decarbonization Net-zero Energy policy Food processing Food manufacturing Food systems Sustainability transitions Innovation |
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| title | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
| title_full | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
| title_fullStr | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
| title_short | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
| title_sort | Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options |
| topic | Climate change Climate mitigation Food and drinks Industrial decarbonization Net-zero Energy policy Food processing Food manufacturing Food systems Sustainability transitions Innovation |
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