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| − | <font face="arial">Ulrike Eberle and Uwe R. Fritsche, International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS), published a working paper on "Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of Food".</font> | + | <font face="arial">Ulrike Eberle and Uwe R. Fritsche, International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS), published a working paper on "Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of Food". The article provides a</font><font face="arial">quantitative analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of selected food, and compares the supply of these products from conventional<br/>and organic farming.</font> |
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*<font face="arial">Ulrike Eberle ,Uwe R. Fritsche, IINAS, 2009. [http://www.iinas.org/tl_files/iinas/downloads/food/2009_GHG_food.pdf Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of Food].</font> | *<font face="arial">Ulrike Eberle ,Uwe R. Fritsche, IINAS, 2009. [http://www.iinas.org/tl_files/iinas/downloads/food/2009_GHG_food.pdf Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of Food].</font> | ||
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| − | + | *<font face="arial">WWF UK. [http://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/how_low_report_1.pdf How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope to reduce them by 2050]</font> | |
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Revision as of 13:43, 29 July 2014
Overview
Discussions on climate change have dran attention to the issue of climate footprint of foot. Follwoing, an article is recommended which provides aso-called material flow analysis, determining the climate footprints for the cultivation, processing and transport of selected food.
Material Flow Analysis
Ulrike Eberle and Uwe R. Fritsche, International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS), published a working paper on "Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of Food". The article provides aquantitative analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of selected food, and compares the supply of these products from conventional
and organic farming.
The method of material flow analysis is applied i.e. starting with food consumption and tracking all associated uses of energy, materials and transport through the different stages.
The results are that "the demand category of food leads annually to around 4.4 tonnes of GHG emissions per average household" (p.4). This coressponds to 16% of GHG emissions arising from total private consumption. "The production of food (including freight transport) constitues a share of 45 percent of this total; the rest is due to energy consumption for the storage and preparation of food as well as partial space heating (kitchen) and shopping trips" (p.4).
References
- Ulrike Eberle ,Uwe R. Fritsche, IINAS, 2009. Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of Food.
- Fritsche U et al. 2011: BAU and SC Scenario Assumptions and the MFA Database; EUPOPP Work Package 4 Deliverable 4.2; Darmstadt etc. http://www.eupopp.net/docs/wp4.2_bau_sc_scenar.pdf
See also
- OEKO (Öko-Institut) 2009: Global Emissions Model for Integrated Systems (GEMIS), Darmstadt www.gemis.de
- WWF UK. How low can we go? An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope to reduce them by 2050
