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Climate change and animal products
Plakaten viser klimabelastningen for hhv. kødspiser, vegetar og veganer. (PDF)
The numbers are based on the «foodwatch-Report über den Treibhauseffekt von konventioneller und ökologischer Landwirtschaft in Deutschland» ("foodwatch report about greenhouse gas emissions of conventional and organic agriculture in Germany").
Data base: Average consumption of individual food stuffs in Germany 2002 according to an Eurostat kilometer-computation on the basis of a BMW model 118d and 119 grams CO2 per km.
The complete study can be downloaded from the Internet under foodwatch.
According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. It is also a major source of land and water degradation
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Last update of this page: 14.12.2009