Food Systems are Responsible for a Third of Global Anthropogenic GHG Emissions

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Using their own global food emissions database (EDGAR-FOOD), the authors of this study find that the food system accounted for 34% of total global emissions in 2015, with the bulk of these emissions coming from agriculture, land and land-use change sources. Notably, the system accounts for greenhouse gas emissions through the various steps of production, processing, transport, packing, and consumption.