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Models can enhance science–policy–society alignments for climate change mitigation

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Climate change mitigation in agri-food systems is hindered by the weak interconnection between research, policy and societal action. Modelling tools, together with international superordinate bodies and stakeholder-inclusive assessment frameworks, can support a better alignment between these three pillars of human progress.

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Fig. 1: The three key pillars of human progress in the domain of agri-food systems and climate change mitigation.
Fig. 2: Interconnection between science, policy and society to achieve GHG mitigation in the agri-food system.

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Acknowledgements

This work was conducted as part of the Science-Policy Knowledge Forum (MACSUR SciPol) project under the framework of the European FACCE-JPI. D.A., J.E.O. and D.C. thank the iCLIMATE center of Aarhus University. K.K.B., K.H. and F.F. acknowledge funding from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), through the projects FKZ 2821ERA03J and 2821ERA04J. C.H.F. was supported by a BBSRC Grant (BB/N004914/1). M.B. and G.P. acknowledge the support received via SYSTEMIC, a knowledge Hub funded through a joint action under the ERA-NET ERA-HDHL (no. 696295). M.S. received funding from SALBES, a Joint BiodivERsA-Belmont Forum project with national funding by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF I-4009).

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  1. Department of Agroecology, iClimate, Center for Circular Bioeconomy (CBIO), Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

    Davide Cammarano, Jørgen Eivind Olesen & Diego Abalos

  2. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Muencheberg, Germany

    Katharina Helming & Keerthi Kiran Bandru

  3. School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Christine Helen Foyer

  4. Institute of Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Martin Schönhart

  5. Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Gianluca Brunori

  6. Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Marco Bindi & Gloria Padovan

  7. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Bo Jellesmark Thorsen

  8. Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute—Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Institute of Market Analysis, Braunschweig, Germany

    Florian Freund

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Cammarano, D., Olesen, J.E., Helming, K. et al. Models can enhance science–policy–society alignments for climate change mitigation. Nat Food 4, 632–635 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00807-9

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