# Reducing climate impacts of beef production: a synthesis of life cycle assessments across management systems and global regions

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## status

reviewed

## id

src-cusack-2021-grazing

## slug

cusack-2021-reducing-climate-impacts-of-beef-production

## title

Reducing climate impacts of beef production: a synthesis of life cycle assessments across management systems and global regions

## authors

- Daniela Cusack
- et al.

## publication

Global Change Biology

## year

2021

## doi

10.1111/gcb.15509

## url

https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15509

## sourceType

peer-reviewed-study

## studyType

meta-analysis

## topicIds

- climate
- land-use

## pillarIds

- environment

## geography

Global

## keyFindings

- Across 292 local comparisons, carbon-sequestration management reduced net beef GHG by 46% on average; efficiency strategies reduced it by 8%. Net-zero outcomes occurred in 2% of studies.

## supportsClaimIds

- claim-grass-fed-beef-still-high-impact

## challengesClaimIds



## limitations

- Soil carbon gains are site-specific, saturate over time and can reverse.

## quality

moderate

## Original sources