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Carbon footprints and food systems : do current accounting methodologies disadvantage developing countries? /

Brenton, Paul.

Carbon footprints and food systems : do current accounting methodologies disadvantage developing countries? / by Paul Brenton, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Michael Friss Jensen. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010. - xii, 71 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references

Description of on-going carbon footprinting initiatives around the globe -- Availability of data relevant to developing countries -- Case study : carbon footprints of tropical food products calculated according to PAS 2050 -- Subjectivity, uncertainty, and impact of methodology on final results -- Conclusions and recommendations for development-friendly carbon footprinting schemes.

9780821385395 (pbk.) 9780821385449 (eISBN))

2010032275


Greenhouse gases--Measurement.
Greenhouse gas mitigation.
Tropical crops--Environmental aspects.
Food industry and trade--Environmental aspects.

TD885.5.G73 / B74 2010

363.738746091724 / BRE

TD885.5.G73 / C37 2010

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