Climate change impacts related to food consumption - a case study of Sweden

Conference · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:577314

Carlsson, A

Present patterns of food consumption in Sweden include a substantial amount of imported vegetables as well as meat. Such a diet may be questioned for sustainability because of its dependence on, for example, inputs of energy emissions of greenhouse gases during the production, transportation and storage of some selected food consumed in Sweden during 1993 are quantified here. Contributors to the selected impact category are energy related emissions, leakage of refrigerants, and emissions of nitrous oxides from farm land. Total emissions are calculated in grams of CO{sub 2} equivalents per capita and per kg product.

• OSTI ID: 577314
• Report Number(s): CONF-970522-; TRN: 98:000898-0079
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. global warming international conference and expo, New York, NY (United States), 25-28 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 8th Global warming international conference and exposition; PB: 156 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GREENHOUSE GASES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CARBON DIOXIDE
FOOD
MEAT
REFRIGERANTS
SWEDEN
VEGETABLES
AGRICULTURE