Food Consumption and Climate Change ? Annnika Carlsson-Kanyama, Royal Technical Institute and the Swedish Defence Research Agency Which gases have caused climate change? Emissions of greenhouse gases can be attributed to the final consumers Emissions of CO2 from the average Swedish households consumption with a life-cycle perspective The global map of Swedish CO 2 consumption related emissions 12 tonnes per capita instead of 6 ! Life spans of products are complex and geographically separated Sushi consumed in Sweden: - fishing outside Chile - faming salmon in Norway - flying salmon to Taiwan - shipping sushi to Europe - selling sushi in Stockholm Greenhouse gas emissions in products life spans can be calculated and visualised Frozen broccoli in Sweden Different metods come up with similar results about emission levels Kg GHG/kg Beef12 Beans0,7 Chicken2,6 Butter4,4 Oil1,3 Carrots0,23 Tomatoes5,5 Exotic fruits 7 Rice2,6 Wheat0,76 We should eat more of low polluting foods and less of high polluting ones GHG emissions from two meals same amount of food MenuTool- an interactive tool for climate friendly menu planning Information project financed by Formas Carried out by KTH, Gteborg University and Energivision What is MenuTool? Information about LCA greenhouse gas emissions and energy use for 170 food items Information about the permissible environmental space (energy and greenhouse gases) Information about the nutritional content of foods (seven parameters) Enables menu planning with individual feedback about environmental and nutritional impacts =enter your recipie and see the results Example of results: GHG gases per meal compared with the environmental space Other examples : energy inputs for each ingredient (also available for GHG gases) Challenges for eating climate friendly in the North? Meat is a symbol of power and potence Carbon labelling is lacking Diets must be culturally acceptable Missed opportunties for the South?