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RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
卷 171, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105631
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Water footprint; Sustainable diet; Mediterranean diet; EAT-Lancet diet; Water resources; Food system
The Mediterranean region faces increasing water scarcity, largely driven by the food system. Calculating water resources related to food consumption in nine major Mediterranean countries, it was found that the EAT-Lancet diet requires less water than the traditional Mediterranean diet. Adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet could reduce current water footprints across countries, while the Mediterranean diet only reduced water footprints in select countries.
The Mediterranean region is increasingly water scarce, with the food system being the largest driver of water use. We calculate the water resources related to food consumption in nine major Mediterranean countries, by means of the water footprint (WF), for the existing situation (period 2011-2013) as well as the Mediterranean and EAT-Lancet diets. We account for different food intake requirements according to gender and six age groups. These nine countries - Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco - represent 88% of the population of all countries bordering the Mediterranean. As first major observation, we find that the EAT-Lancet diet, a scientifically optimised diet for both nutrition and certain environmental indicators, requires less water resources than the Mediterranean diet, a culturally accepted diet within the region. In terms of water resources use, adherence to the former is thus more beneficial than adherence to the latter. As second major observation, we find that the EAT-Lancet diet reduces the current WF for all nations consistently, within the range -17% to -48%, whereas the Mediterranean diet reduces the WF of the European countries, Turkey, Egypt and Morocco within the range of -4% to -35%. For the Maghreb countries Tunisia and Algeria, the Mediterranean diet WF is slightly higher compared to the current WF and the proportions of food product groups differ. Such dietary shifts would be important parts of the solution to obtain the sustainable use of water resources in Mediterranean countries.
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