The rapid increase in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by human activities is changing the global climate. In order to reduce emissions, strategies should address three components: population, consumption and technologies. The aim of this paper is to investigate how consumer’s behavior can have a major impact on climate change in high risk areas such as urban environmental perturbation. The data analysis led to conclusive remarks: ethical choices in food consumption requires the attitude to understand the differences between different product in terms of production techniques, used resources and consequently under the overall profile of sustainability ethics. To enable the consumer to make sustainable food choices, he must be informed in a transparent way about the consequences that his behavior determine.
il contributo ha come obiettivo quello di approfondire come i comportamenti dei consumatori possano influire in modo determinante sui cambiamenti climatici in aree ad elevato rischio di perturbazione ambientale come quelle urbane. L’analisi è stata condotta basandosi sulla bibliografia aggiornata disponibile con riferimento sia ai meccanismi di perturbazione ambientale nelle aree urbane sia al rapporto clima alimentazione sia al ruolo dei possibili diversi modelli di consumo ed alla necessità che le persone modifichino i propri stili di vita attraverso un cambiamento culturale basato su una responsabilizzazione complessiva. Ciò al fine di tracciare il profilo di modelli di consumo implicanti scelte di natura etica ben definite.
Ethical food supply between climate change and consumer behavior / Zecca, Francesco. - In: JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY AND FOOD RESEARCH. - ISSN 2326-4225. - STAMPA. - 1:1(2013), pp. 16-20. [10.1166/jnef.2013.1013]
Ethical food supply between climate change and consumer behavior
ZECCA, FRANCESCO
2013
Abstract
The rapid increase in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by human activities is changing the global climate. In order to reduce emissions, strategies should address three components: population, consumption and technologies. The aim of this paper is to investigate how consumer’s behavior can have a major impact on climate change in high risk areas such as urban environmental perturbation. The data analysis led to conclusive remarks: ethical choices in food consumption requires the attitude to understand the differences between different product in terms of production techniques, used resources and consequently under the overall profile of sustainability ethics. To enable the consumer to make sustainable food choices, he must be informed in a transparent way about the consequences that his behavior determine.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.