Tracking Deforestation and Carbon Emissions Associated with Global Food Production

Land use change (LUC) accounting is an integral part of assessing the carbon footprints of food production, with deforestation being responsible for the lion’s share of LUC emissions. However, assessing deforestation can be complex due to data limitations and the difficulty of attributing emissions to specific crops.

In this webinar, Chandrakant Singh – researcher at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden – presents his work on how to attribute deforestation to agricultural commodities and quantify associated carbon emissions. Get a better understanding of the complexity of the topic and the deforestation data required to conduct benchmarking and risk assessment associated with deforestation and food production.

Key Takeaways:

• Deforestation’s Role in Carbon Footprints: Understand how deforestation drives land use change emissions in food production
• Challenges in Emission Attribution: Learn about the complexities of linking carbon emissions from deforestation to specific crops due to data limitations 
• Data for Benchmarking & Risk Assessment: Discover how deforestation data can be applied for accurate benchmarking and risk assessments in food supply chains.