#1

2/18

Course introduction

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2/25

Introduction to Climate Change and Food Systems

Campbell, Bruce, et al., eds. Transforming food systems under climate change through innovation. Cambridge University Press, 2023. (Ch1)

Part I: Global System as the Cause

#3

3/4

Calculating the GHG emissions from the global food system

Crippa, Monica, et al. "Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions." Nature food 2.3 (2021): 198-209.

Selective policy briefs from the FAOSTAT ANALYTICAL BRIEF series.

#4

3/11

Industrial Agriculture and Climate Change, Part 1: Thinking with Plantationocene

Haraway, Donna, et al. "Anthropologists are talking–about the Anthropocene." Ethnos 81.3 (2016): 535-564.

Wolford, Wendy. "The Plantationocene: A lusotropical contribution to the theory." Annals of the American Association of Geographers 111.6 (2021): 1622-1639.

#5

3/18

Industrialized Agriculture and Climate Change, Part 2: Thinking with Eco-Marxism

Weis, Tony. "The accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist agriculture." Journal of agrarian change 10.3 (2010): 315-341.

#6

3/25

Self-learning

Part II: Global System as the Impacted

#7

4/1

Crop Production

Hatfield, Jerry L., et al. "Climate impacts on agriculture: implications for crop production." Agronomy journal 103.2 (2011): 351-370.

#8

4/8

Global food commodity chain

Godde, Cécile M., et al. "Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence." Global food security 28 (2021): 100488.

FAO. 2020. “Climate change: Unpacking the burden on food safety.” Food safety and quality series No. 8. Rome.

#9

4/15

Vulnerable Regions and Communities

FAO. 2019. Handbook on climate information for farming communities – What farmers need and what is available. Rome. (selective chapters)

#10

4/22

Guest Lecture

#11

4/29

Climate adaptation

Fresco, Louise O. "Challenges for food system adaptation today and tomorrow." Environmental science & policy 12.4 (2009): 378-385.

Selective policy briefs from the FAO-ADAPT Policy series.

Part III: Global System as the Solution

#12

5/6

The rising policy trend of the net-zero transition

Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, and Ashesh Prasann. "Recipe for a Livable Planet-Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System: Overview." World Bank Group (2024).

#13

5/13

“Plant(meat-alternative)”-Based Diets and Sustainable Food Consumption

Cusworth, George, Tara Garnett, and Jamie Lorimer. "Legume dreams: The contested futures of sustainable plant-based food systems in Europe." Global Environmental Change 69 (2021): 102321.

Mylan, Josephine, John Andrews, and Damian Maye. "The big business of sustainable food production and consumption: Exploring the transition to alternative proteins." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120.47 (2023): e2207782120.

#14

5/20

NCCU Anniversary Celebration (No Class)

#15

5/27

Climate-Smart Agriculture?

Circular Food Systems & Regenerative Agriculture

Lipper, Leslie, et al. Climate smart agriculture: building resilience to climate change. Springer Nature, 2017.

Ghosh, Shambhunath, et al. "Regenerative Agriculture for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security." Regenerative Agriculture for Sustainable Food Systems. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024. 83-133. (selective chapters)

#16

6/3

Non-human gathering, Part One

#17

6/10

Non-human gathering, Part Two

#18

6/17

Working on final report