Nurturing People and Planet: The Dual Role of Breastfeeding in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
人と地球を育む：気候変動の緩和と適応における母乳育児の二重の役割 (AI 翻訳)
Justin E. Silpe, Karla Damian-Medina, Sarah M. Reyes, Bonnie L. Bassler
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
母乳育児と粉ミルクでは環境への影響が異なる。本論文は粉ミルクのGHG排出量（年間59～75億kg CO2e）を定量化し、気候変動が母乳育児を脅かすフィードバックループを指摘。有給育休や職場の授乳支援などの政策手段を提言する。
English
This paper quantifies the greenhouse gas and water burdens of commercial milk formula versus breastfeeding, finding that global formula use among infants under 6 months adds ~5.9-7.5 bn kg CO2e annually. It also highlights how climate shocks undermine breastfeeding, creating a feedback loop. Policy levers such as paid maternity leave and workplace protections are recommended.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本では母乳育児推進政策があるが、気候変動との関連は議論されていない。本論文はSSBJや統合報告書におけるサステナビリティ指標として授乳方法の環境影響を考慮する契機となる可能性がある。
In the global GX context
While breastfeeding is often framed as a health issue, this paper brings it into the climate policy arena, linking infant feeding to GHG emissions and climate adaptation. It aligns with ISSB and TCFD's emphasis on cross-cutting sustainability issues and could inform corporate disclosure on supply-chain emissions (e.g., formula production).
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Breastfeeding's climate impact quantification provides a framework for integrating health and climate research.
🏢実務担当者:Food/dairy companies can assess lifecycle emissions of formula and explore lower-impact alternatives.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for climate-sensitive breastfeeding policies, including emergency lactation support and formula marketing restrictions.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Infant feeding practices have environmental consequences that are largely absent from climate policy discussions. Breastfeeding relies on maternal metabolism and local support systems, whereas commercial milk formula depends on dairy production, industrial processing, packaging, and extensive supply chains. Comparative analyses report higher greenhouse-gas and water burdens for commercial milk formula than for breastfeeding. Globally, commercial milk formula use among infants under 6 months of age adds roughly 5.9-7.5 billion kg of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) annually. Pumping and bottle-feeding add material, electricity, and cleaning-related burdens relative to feeding at the breast, but the magnitude of these impacts is far less than that of commercial milk formula. Climate change and water insecurity can also threaten breastfeeding through heat stress, food insecurity, and disruptions during disasters and emergencies. Moreover, uncontrolled formula donations during upheavals, while well-intended, impede continuation of breastfeeding. Collectively, these pressures can generate a feedback loop: climate shocks undermine breastfeeding, increasing reliance on resource-intensive substitutes that further strain water and energy systems. Recognizing breastfeeding as both a mitigation and resilience issue highlights co-benefits for child health and climate action and points to practical policy levers, including paid maternity leave, workplace lactation protections, responsible marketing of commercial milk formula, and continuity of lactation support during emergencies that are needed to align optimal infant feeding with climate adaptation planning.
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