Promoting climate-friendly diets: What should we tell consumers in Denmark, Finland and France?

Xavier Irz (), Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Pascal Leroy (), Vincent Réquillart and Louis-Georges Soler ()
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Xavier Irz: LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland
Jørgen Dejgård Jensen: UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet
Pascal Leroy: ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Louis-Georges Soler: ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Abstract: We investigate ex-ante the effects of promoting simple climate-friendly diet recommendations in Denmark, Finland and France, with the objective of identifying cost-beneficial recommendations that lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve public health. The simulation approach combines a behavioural model of consumption adjustment to dietary constraints, a model of climate impact based on the life-cycle analysis of foods, and an epidemiological model calculating health outcomes. The five recommendations considered in the analysis focus on consumption of fruits and vegetables, red meat, all meat and all animal products, as well as the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the diet. The results show that trade-offs between climate and health objectives occur for some recommendations in all countries, and that substitutions may result in unintended effects. However, in all countries, we identify some recommendations that would raise sustainability in both its climate and health dimensions, while delivering value for money and increasing social welfare. In particular, promoting consumption of fruits and vegetables through campaigns of the "five-a-day" type is found to be cost-beneficial in all three countries. By contrast, targeting consumption of meat, consumption of all animal products, or the climate footprint of diets directly through social marketing campaigns is only found to be desirable in some country-specific contexts.

Keywords: climate; greenhouse gas emissions; healthy; diet; sustainability; food choices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Environmental Science & Policy, 2019, 99, pp.169-177. ⟨10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.006⟩

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Working Paper: Promoting Climate-Friendly Diets: What Should We Tell Consumers in Demark, Finland and France? (2018)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.006

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