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Keywords:

climate change, Food Labels, response measures, impacts, climate policy

Abstract:

This study, which is part of the project entitled “Climate for Sustainable Growth“, focuses on one particular policy tool used in the agricultural sector, food labelling. It reviews food carbon labelling when put in place with clear objectives to address climate change. This study examines whether food carbon labels, as climate mitigation tools, are put in place in a sustainable way, by identifying their impacts on the three dimensions of sustainable development: 1) economic 2) social and 3) environmental. This case study examines both domestic, as well as international (in other jurisdictions) impacts of food labelling, and then focuses on the measures that are put in place to mitigate the (potential) negative impacts identified. While domestic impacts of food labelling can be addressed through safety nets that exist in jurisdictions that introduce food labelling (e.g. the EU), the case study also discusses international tools and safety nets available in that jurisdiction, as well as internationally.