Climate-Smart Food

Dave Reay (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIV, 201 Seiten

2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-18205-2 (ISBN)

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This open access book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where it comes from, how far it travels, and the carbon price we all pay for it. From our breakfast tea and toast, through breaktime chocolate bar, to take-away supper, Dave Reay explores the weather extremes the world's farmers are already dealing with, and what new threats climate change will bring. Readers will encounter heat waves and hurricanes, wildfires and deadly toxins, as well as some truly climate-smart solutions. In every case there are responses that could cut emissions while boosting resilience and livelihoods. Ultimately we are all in this together, our decisions on what food we buy and how we consume it send life-changing ripples right through the global web that is our food supply.
As we face a future of 10 billion mouths to feed in a rapidly changing climate, it's time to get to know our farmers and herders, our vintners and fisherfolk, a whole lot better.

Dave Reay is Professor of Carbon Management at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has studied climate change for over 20 years, from warming impacts in the Southern Ocean, through carbon fluxes in forests, to greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands and agriculture. In 2018 he received the Chancellor's Award for Teaching for his work in climate change education. His latest project involves managing a large area of coastal land in Scotland to regrow native tree species and trap a lifetime's carbon.

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Breakfast.- Chapter 2 Orange Juice.- Chapter 3 Wheat Bread.- Chapter 4 Tea.- Chapter 5 Milk.- Break time.- Chapter 6 Chocolate.- Chapter 7 Bananas.- Chapter 8 Coffee.- Lunch.- Chapter 9 Chicken.- Chapter 10 Rice.- Chapter 11 Maize.- Dinner.- Chapter 12 Potatoes.- Chapter 13 Cod.- Chapter 14 Champagne.- Chapter 15 Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 201 p. 16 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	411 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
Schlagworte	Agriculture • Carbon dioxide fertilisation • Carbon Footprint • Carbon Management • carbon price • climate change • Climate change impacts • Climate Change Management • Climate resilience • climate-smart food • climate-smart solutions • Environmental Geography • food security • Food supply • Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Land Use Change • open access • Paris Agreement • sustainability
ISBN-10	3-030-18205-3 / 3030182053
ISBN-13	978-3-030-18205-2 / 9783030182052
Zustand	Neuware