Trends and drivers of end-use energy demand and the implications for managing energy in food supply chains: Synthesising insights from the social sciences

摘要: Abstract The Climate Change Act commits the UK Government to an ambitious 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; this paper provides a consumer focused framework devise, inform and evaluate potential interventions reduce energy demand food supply chains. Adopting Life cycle Assessment (LCA) framing we explore relationship between production consumption reviewing trends sector with implications for demand. Secondly, multidisciplinary review of literature on sustainable is structured around ISM (Individual, Social, Material Contexts) devised Southerton et al., bringing insights from range theoretical perspectives. Combined, these frameworks complement LCA approaches mapping quantifying hotspots chain two ways. First, must be considered ‘consumer’ interactive throughout, one many factors affecting use at each stage, rather than restricted end chain. Second, when considering patterns how they might changed, drawing multiple disciplines allows fuller array identified. Given complexity system relevant sustainability goals, there are several areas which ‘preferred trajectories’ ‘more sustainable’ unclear, particularly where data variation, causal relationships longitudinal change lacking. Technical social understandings ‘desirable’ continue developed parallel achieve such challenging reductions emissions.