{"id":23034,"date":"2019-02-25T12:46:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.i4ce.org\/publication\/estimating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-food-consumption-methods-and-results\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:15:50","slug":"estimating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-food-consumption-methods-and-results","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/en\/publication\/estimating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-food-consumption-methods-and-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption: methods and results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A large share of global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions comes from food production and consumption. Measuring the total footprint of world diets remains however a challenge. The main reason is the lack of harmonization on consumption based emission accounting methods. While a few estimates are available, their results are often hardly comparable, may be rather different and sometimes contradictory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this study \u201cEstimating greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption: methods and results\u201d, <strong>I<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4<\/span>CE<\/strong> presents the range of consumption based emission accounting methods, their benefits or limits, and their results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By combining existing studies, we estimate that GHG emissions from food consumption in 2010 were around 13,8 GtCO<sub>2<\/sub>e (\u00b1 3,6 GteqCO2), i.e. 28% of global emissions, all sectors combined. Around 75% of GHG are emitted during the production phase, 15% between the farm gate and the retail store, and 10% after retail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Animal products (excl. marine products) are responsible for 63% of total food emissions. Ruminant animals (cattle, goats and lamb) represent the essential part of this amount.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comparison of GHG emissions from total food vs. animal products only<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65458 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Figure-4-World-food-greenhouse-gases-emissions-e1708089340405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Figure-4-World-food-greenhouse-gases-emissions-e1708089340405.jpg 493w, https:\/\/staging.i4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Figure-4-World-food-greenhouse-gases-emissions-e1708089340405-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large share of global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions comes from food production and consumption. 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