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Item Open Access Greenhouse gas emissions from UK food and drink consumption by systems LCA: current and possible futures(2010-09-21T00:00:00Z) Williams, Adrian G.; Chatterton, Julia C.; Murphy-Bokern, Donal; Brander, M.; Audsley, Eric; Notarnicola, B.; Settani, E.; Tassielle, G.; Giungato, P.This work determined the potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the UK food system by 70% from a 2005 baseline. A food consumption-orientated inventory was produced including primary agricultural production, food processing, distribution, preparation and disposal. Land use change (LUC) used a top-down approach. The inventory used many sources of data ranging from LCA studies to national level reporting of energy use by sectors of the economy and household surveys. The inventory was created with systems models to compare scenarios for emission reduction. The inventory for the baseline was 250MtCO2e including 100MtCO2e from LUC. Emissions without LUC from the UK food consumption system are about 20% of the current total consumption emissions. Several measures to reduce emissions were investigated, including dietary change, technical efficiency improvement, reducing waste and using non-fossil energy. Only a combination of measures achieved the 70% target reduction, but required major societal changes.Item Open Access How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope reduction by 2050. Report for the WWF and Food Climate Research Network(2010-03-01T00:00:00Z) Audsley, Eric; Brander, M.; Chatterton, Julia C.; Murphy-Bokern, Donal; Webster, C.; Williams, Adrian G.The overall aim of this study was to develop a set of scenarios that explore how greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system may be reduced by 70% by the year 2050. The work is focused on all emissions from the supply chains and systems, not just the emissions from the UK food chain that arise in the UK. The study comprises an audit of the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the UK food economy and an examination of the scope for substantial reductions of these emissions.