{"id": 145778, "name": "Carbon opportunity cost (kg CO2e per kg)", "unit": "", "description": "The Carbon Opportunity Cost (COC) of each crop is equal to the amount of carbon lost from native vegetation and soils in order to produce a given food product. If food products were not produced on a given plot of land, this land could be used to restore native vegetation and sequester carbon.", "createdAt": "2021-01-28T10:52:16.000Z", "updatedAt": "2023-06-15T05:05:42.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "", "datasetId": 5247, "columnOrder": 0, "dataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/145778.data.json", "metadataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/145778.metadata.json", "datasetName": "Carbon Opportunity Costs by Food (Searchinger et al. 2018)", "type": "float", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Carbon opportunity costs per kilogram of food", "unit": "kilograms CO\u2082e per kilogram", "shortUnit": "kgCO\u2082e", "includeInTable": true}, "source": {"id": 17976, "name": "Searchinger, T. D., Wirsenius, S., Beringer, T., & Dumas, P. (2018). Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change. Nature.", "dataPublishedBy": "Searchinger, T. D., Wirsenius, S., Beringer, T., & Dumas, P. (2018). Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change. Nature, 564(7735), 249-253.", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0757-z", "retrievedDate": "28th January 2021", "additionalInfo": "The Carbon Opportunity Cost (COC) of each crop is equal to the amount of carbon lost from native vegetation and soils in order to produce a given food product. If food products were not produced on a given plot of land, this land could be used to restore native vegetation and sequester carbon.\n\nBecause carbon storage is lost quickly but crop production can continue indefinitely, any system for evaluating the carbon costs of land use must in some way address the relative costs of emissions over time. Much of the discussion focuses on the value of up-front versus later mitigation. In general, this question can be thought as a question about what is the relative value of reducing emissions sooner rather than later. Searchinger et al. (2018) apply a 4% time 'discount rate' over 100 years. The the choice of a discount rate and a carbon value trajectory is a question of policy; the authors selected a 4% discount rate as their central scenario because it is roughly consistent with U.S. bioenergy policies."}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2018}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 166591, "name": "Maize oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166580, "name": "Lentils", "code": null}, {"id": 166581, "name": "Banana", "code": null}, {"id": 166582, "name": "Plantains", "code": null}, {"id": 166583, "name": "Other temperate fruits", "code": null}, {"id": 166584, "name": "Other tropical fruits", "code": null}, {"id": 166585, "name": "Soybean oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166586, "name": "Palm oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166587, "name": "Palm kernel oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166588, "name": "Canola oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166589, "name": "Sunflower oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166590, "name": "Groundnut oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166579, "name": "Pigeon peas", "code": null}, {"id": 166592, "name": "Cotton oil", "code": null}, {"id": 166593, "name": "Cane white sugar", "code": null}, {"id": 166594, "name": "Beet white sugar", "code": null}, {"id": 166595, "name": "Beef and buffalo meat", "code": null}, {"id": 166596, "name": "Sheep and goat meat", "code": null}, {"id": 166597, "name": "Cow and buffalo milk", "code": null}, {"id": 166598, "name": "Sheep and goat milk", "code": null}, {"id": 166599, "name": "Chicken", "code": null}, {"id": 166600, "name": "Coffee beans", "code": null}, {"id": 166601, "name": "Tea leaves", "code": null}, {"id": 166612, "name": "Cocoa beans", "code": null}, {"id": 166567, "name": "Sweet potato", "code": null}, {"id": 34798, "name": "Vegetables", "code": null}, {"id": 34801, "name": "Eggs", "code": null}, {"id": 34803, "name": "Maize", "code": null}, {"id": 34806, "name": "Pork", "code": null}, {"id": 34809, "name": "Rice", "code": null}, {"id": 91246, "name": "Barley", "code": null}, {"id": 91248, "name": "Cassava", "code": null}, {"id": 91252, "name": "Groundnuts", "code": null}, {"id": 166564, "name": "Sorghum", "code": null}, {"id": 166565, "name": "Millet", "code": null}, {"id": 166566, "name": "White potato", "code": null}, {"id": 34662, "name": "Wheat", "code": null}, {"id": 166568, "name": "Yams", "code": null}, {"id": 166569, "name": "Sugar cane", "code": null}, {"id": 166570, "name": "Sugar beet", "code": null}, {"id": 166571, "name": "Soybean", "code": null}, {"id": 166572, "name": "Oil palm fruit", "code": null}, {"id": 166573, "name": "Canola seeds", "code": null}, {"id": 166574, "name": "Sunflower seed", "code": null}, {"id": 166575, "name": "Coconuts", "code": null}, {"id": 166576, "name": "Common beans", "code": null}, {"id": 166577, "name": "Chickpeas", "code": null}, {"id": 166578, "name": "Cowpeas", "code": null}]}}}