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"The desire by people in richer countries for a diverse range of out-of-season
produce imported from overseas is driving up global greenhouse gas emissions,
our new research has found.
It reveals how transporting food across and between countries generates almost
one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector – and affluent
countries make a disproportionately large contribution to the problem.
Although carbon emissions associated with food production are well documented,
this is the most detailed study of its kind. We estimated the carbon footprint
of the global trade of food, tracking a range of food commodities along
millions of supply chains.
Since 1995, worldwide agricultural and food trade has more than doubled and
internationally traded food provides 19% of calories consumed globally. It’s
never been clearer that eating local produce is a powerful way to take action
on climate change."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
