Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods

Xu, X., Sharma, P., Shu, S., et al. Nature Food, 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00358-x

Models global food-system emissions and attributes 57% of them to animal-based foods versus 29% for plant-based foods.

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