Steps to achieve a more sustainable world
Contributors to Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use: Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector come mostly from agriculture (cultivation of crops and livestock) and deforestation.[1]
Greenhouse Gas emissions from the productions of top-contributing commodities. a, Top ten plant-based food commodities. b, Top ten animal-based food commodities. [2]
[1] US EPA Website, IPCC (2014) Based on global emissions from 2010. Details about the sources included in these estimates can be found in the Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
[2] Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods, Xiaoming Xu et.al. Nature Food volume 2, pages724–732 (2021)
Moving towards a more sustainable world
