Net Zero, Food and Farming: Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

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Endorsement
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
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Preface
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1 Food, Farming and Climate Change
	Introduction
	The Climate Challenge and Net Zero Emissions
	Food, Farming and Land Use
	Governing Change in Agriculture and the Food System
	The Structure of the Book
	Notes
2 Science, Technology and Politics: The Conceptual Approach
	Introduction
	Science and Society
	Socio-technical Systems and Technological Change
	Neoliberalism and Cosmopolitanism
	Governing Populations: Nudging and Behaviour Change
	Conclusions
	Notes
3 Food and Farming in Twentieth-Century Britain: Productivism and Its Aftermath
	Introduction
	British Agriculture 1900–1939: Productivism’s Pre-History
	The Second World War and the Birth of Productivism
	British Farming’s Twentieth-Century Technological Revolution
	Productivism in Crisis and Agricultural Policy Reform 1980–2020
	Conclusions
	Notes
4 Cleaning and Greening Food and Farming
	Introduction
	Farming, Landscape Change and Biodiversity
	Water Pollution From Farm Livestock Effluents and Agricultural Pesticides
	Farm Animal Health and Welfare
	Towards a Greener Agriculture: Sustainable Food and Farming Reforms
	Conclusions
	Notes
5 The Evolution of Climate Science and Climate Politics
	Introduction
	The Long Discovery of Climate Change, 1850s to 1980s
	The Climate Change Tipping Point, 1987–1992
	Climate Change Denial and Controversy
	Twenty-First-Century Climate Governance and Governmentalities
	Conclusions
	Notes
6 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Food, Farming and Land Use
	Introduction
	The IPCC, Land and Agriculture
	The Climate Change Committee and Land-Use Policies for a Net Zero UK
	Contrasting Visions of the Transition to Net Zero
	Conclusions
	Notes
7 Diet, Food and Waste
	Introduction
	The Global Challenge of Unsustainable Diets
	The UK Food System and British Diet
	The Net Zero Challenge: Corporate and Consumer Behaviour
	Conclusions: Strategies for a “Great Food Transformation”
	Notes
8 Land-Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Removal
	Introduction
	Climate Change and Land Use in a Global Context
	Managing Land Use and Land-Use Change in the UK
	The Science and Politics of Land-Use Change
	Conclusions
	Notes
9 Farming Practice and Climate Change Mitigation
	Introduction
	Climate Change and Farming Practices in a Global Context
	Changing Farming Practices in the UK
	The Science and Politics of Changing Farming Practices
	Markets and Morality
	Conclusions
	Notes
10 The Dynamics of Transitioning to Net Zero
	Introduction
	“Chunking Up” the Challenge
	Farmers
	Consumers
	Companies
	Government Behaviour
	Conclusions
	Notes
11 Conclusions: Net Zero, Food and Farming
	Introduction
	Learning From the Past
	Systems Change, Net Zero and the Agri-Food Transition
	Food, Farming and Behaviour Change
	Social Sustainability and a Just Transition
	Notes
Bibliography
Index