5) No trecho inicial do quarto parágrafo “As poorer countries develop and the world’s population grows, emissions associated with food waste could ...

5) No trecho inicial do quarto parágrafo “As poorer countries develop and the world’s population grows, emissions associated with food waste could soar from 0.5 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon dioxide equivalent per year to between 1.9 and 2.5 GT annually by mid-century,...” o termo em destaque tem sentido equivalente, em português, a

(A) aliás.
(B) devido ao fato de.
(C) mesmo que.
(D) à medida que.
(E) durante.