Impact of Healthy Diet Shifts on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across Europe.

ABSTRACT: Shifting towards healthy, plant-based diets is widely recognized as a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from food systems, primarily through reduced methane emissions from livestock. However, the implications of this transition for soil-based GHG emissions, a major contributor to climate change, remain uncertain. We used the MAGNET economic model and the DayCent biogeochemical model to assess the impacts of dietary shifts aligned with the EAT-Lancet guidelines on soil organic carbon (SOC), nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions, and the soil GHG balance across the European Union and the United Kingdom. Adopting the EAT-Lancet diet reduced livestock production, organic carbon (C) and organic nitrogen (N) inputs from manure, and permanent grassland areas for agricultural us

SUBMITTER: Michailidis V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12644307 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature