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Tracking emissions from food systems

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Food consumption has triggered considerable quantities of greenhouse gas emissions at various stages of the food supply chain. Tracking food-related emissions along supply chains is key to systematically identify their sources, drivers and mitigation opportunities.

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Fig. 1: A milk produce production chain from a dairy farm through factory to consumer on a supermarket shelf.

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C.H. acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42277087), and the Scientific Research Start-up Funds (QD2021030C) from Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School.

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