Beyond IPCC’s narratives on livestock: the need for integrated and holistic metrics
Abstract
The early IPCC assessment reports (2001, 2007) predominantly conceptualised livestock in technical and efficiency-oriented terms, focusing on productivity and technological innovations, while the 2014 and 2022 reports embed livestock within broader socio-environmental frameworks, explicitly linking it to diet and health, ecosystem services, and social justice. This discursive evolution illustrates a paradigmatic shift from sectoral mitigation to holistic sustainability paradigms. Nonetheless, the heterogeneity of livestock systems and context calls for more cross-cutting, context-sensitive metrics to inform equitable and evidence-based climate policy.
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Authors: Vincent Blanfort, Véronique Alary, A. Bassou, Isabelle Baltenweck, Marie Hrabanski
Institutions: Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, University of Limpopo, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, Institut Agro Montpelier, Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux, International Livestock Research Institute, Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement