2021-05-25 · percent of global GHG emissions
Food is about a third of emissions
Farm, land use, refrigeration, and waste — the full food system warms the planet.
Climate grids hide gigatonnes behind identical squares — the gradient is political once you see the cell count. This grid divides greenhouse gas emissions (2021 snapshot) into colored bands — Food system and Energy, industry, other — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of global GHG emissions (0.1% of greenhouse gas emissions) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2021 figures from Nature Food — food emissions put Energy, industry, other at 66% of greenhouse gas emissions and Food system at 34% — about 100 percent of global GHG emissions in this edition's rounding.
Nature Food 2021: food system ~34% of emissions.
Crippa et al. Nature Food 2021: food system ~34% of emissions.
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