Context and issues
Today's food and diets, and associated production, generate a range of public health, social and environmental issues. The need for a transition is no longer debated: we need to move towards healthy food that has a low impact on ecosystems, is accessible to all and pays producers fairly.
But this objective is politically and socially sensitive, since food has cultural, economic, environmental and health dimensions. And while the targets to be achieved are increasingly clear, the feasibility and implementation of this food transition are less well studied and more debated. For some, food consumption is not a variable that can be adjusted, but one that is subject to its own laws, and over which public and private players have little control. It is therefore essential to develop methods to enable these issues to be debated, and IDDRI and I4CE have joined forces to do just that.
Objectives and methodology
In this context, the TRAMe2035 (Transition in Household Diets 2035) scenario aims to show that the transition to a sustainable diet is possible, and to explore the conditions for its implementation.
This scenario tackles the case of meat, which is a key parameter in the environmental footprint of the French diet, emblematic of the view that food consumption is ‘exogenous’, and a controversial subject requiring the development of a detailed approach capable of addressing the complexity of the issue.
In order to do so, we have developed an original methodology combining sociology, quantitative modeling and the study of public policies, based on a simple observation: food consumption is not a static issue, provided that action is taken on food environments, taking social diversity into account.
TRAMe2035 Publications
- Report - TRAMe2035 - Executive Summary
- Report (in French) - TRAMe2035 Book 1 - A Scenario for a Transition in French Household Diets
- Report (in French) - TRAMe2035 Book 2 - Socio-Stories of Food Transition for 12 Social Groups
- Report (in French) - TRAMe2035 Book 3 - Methodological Framework (forthcoming)
- Blog Post - Making a success of the food transition: the contribution of the TRAMe2035 scenario
- Blog Post - Declining meat consumption and the economics of the French meat industry: seeking win-win solutions
Other publications on the same topic
- Study - Environment, inequalities, health: what strategy for French food policies?
- Blog Post - Public decision-makers must change their food transition narrative
- Study (in French) - Transition to sustainable food: risks and levers for food retailers
- Blog Post - How to relaunch the organic sector: we first need to reboot the system
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