The Telecoupling Approach To The Global Food System And Climate Change Regime: The Pivotal Role Of Brazil And China.
January 1, 2022 - de Castro, Douglas; de Lima, Daniele Arcolini Cassucci; Romano, Caroline
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EmailJournal or Book Title: Environment and climate-smart food production
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Year Published: 2022
The global food system and the climate change regime deal with highly complex natural and social issues. Despite some advances in both systems, the world and its population face existential threats as poverty and hunger are not eradicated, and adverse effects due to climate change are on the rise. Also, the negative feedback that each system has in the other makes addressing the issues even harder. This chapter presents the telecoupling model to map out the causes and effects of each system and their relationship with others. The telecoupling model is applied in the Brazilian agri-food exportation to China case, which should indicate implications of the high rate of meat production and exported to long distances vis-a-vis the need to supply the high demand of meat consumption due to economic prosperity. The Brazilian carbon neutral meat subcase is presented as the axis of the global food system and the climate change regime, which points out a possible way to address the challenges. However, it presents itself with additional ones.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71571-7_3
Type of Publication: Book chapter
