Greenhouse gas emissions linked to food consumption account for a large part of Sweden's total emissions. To reduce these emissions, economic policy instruments aimed at both consumers and producers can be used. We use the agricultural economic model CAPRI to analyse how effective different instruments are in reducing emissions (both from production in Sweden and abroad via trade flows), and how they affect each other. The policy instruments studied are greenhouse gas taxes and subsidies for plant-based protein alternatives. We also study how changes in consumer preferences for different types of food affect the effectiveness of the different instruments.

The project is part of a larger project in collaboration with other researchers at SLU and is funded by FORMAS. The project will be completed in 2026.