The carbon footprint of common vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals in portugal: an estimate, comparison, and analysis

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Portugal`s carbon footprint per capita per day is 4.20 kg C ­ O2eq, in line with countries such as Spain (4.39 kg ­CO2eq) and France (4.11 kg ­CO2eq), among others (Esteve-Llorens et_al 2020), in which livestock and cereal products represent about 65% of total GHG emissions (Esteve-Llorens et_al 2020). Overall, animal-based food is the biggest contributor to the carbon footprint of food (Esteve-Llorens et_al 2020), and most animal-based foods have a bigger carbon footprint than plantbased foods. The top eight are of animal origin: cheese (16 . . .

 



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