China’s dairy demand has global consequences

China will consume more milk in the future, and this will have an effect on the greenhouse gas emissions and land use. This is stated in a new study, published in the Journal Global Change Biology. A team of researchers from China, Wageningen, New Zealand, the UK and Austria looked at different scenarios of domestic milk production and importation, and hence the effect on the environment. China has an ever-increasing thirst for milk, with a predicted 3.2-fold increase in demand by 2050 compared