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Title	EU-27 ecological footprint was primarily driven by food consumption and exceeded regional biocapacity from 2004 to 2014
ID_Doc	64049
Authors	Galli, A; Antonelli, M; Wambersie, L; Bach-Faig, A; Bartolini, F; Caro, D; Iha, K; Lin, D; Mancini, MS; Sonnino, R; Vanham, D; Wackernagel, M
Title	EU-27 ecological footprint was primarily driven by food consumption and exceeded regional biocapacity from 2004 to 2014
Year	2023
Published	Nature Food, 4, 9
Abstract	The European Union (EU) plans to decarbonize the region by 2050. As highlighted by the Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy, food systems are essential for this transition. Here we investigate the resource dependence and carbon emissions of the EU-27's food systems from 2004 to 2014 via an ecological footprint (EF)-extended multi-regional input-output approach, accounting for demand and supply (including trade), and considering multiple externalities. Food contributes towards almost a third of the region's EF, and appropriates over half of its biocapacity. Average reliance on biocapacity within national borders decreased, while reliance on intra-EU biocapacity increased; yet a quarter of the biocapacity for food consumption originates from non-EU countries. Despite a reduction in both total EF and food EF over the study period, EU-27 residents demand more from nature than the region's ecosystems can regenerate-highlighting the need for new or strengthened food and trade policies to enable a transformation to sustainable EU food systems. An ecological footprint approach demonstrates that EU-27 residents demand more from nature than the region's ecosystems can regenerate, with a quarter of biocapacity for food originating outside of the region.
PDF	https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00843-5.pdf

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