The Local weather Council has designated the Danes’ consuming habits as essentially the most dangerous to the local weather on the earth. Our home-cooked meals can, nevertheless, grow to be a big a part of the inexperienced transition, however this requires a cultural change and assist from the entire of Meals Denmark, writes Meals Tradition’s director, Judith Kyst, in a remark to the Alting.
In December 2021, the Local weather Council concluded that Danes’ consuming habits are among the many worst on the earth when it comes to local weather influence.
We eat greater than twice as a lot animal meals as the typical world citizen. Because of this the local weather footprint of our meals exceeds the sustainable stage in a world perspective. That’s what the council’s evaluation says.
2021 was additionally the yr by which the Danish Veterinary and Meals Administration revealed new dietary recommendation, which for the primary time incorporates recommendation to eat extra climate-friendly.
And the emissions from our meals can truly be decreased by as much as 45 % if all Danes eat based on the brand new dietary tips, estimates the Local weather Council.
However there’s a good distance from the great intentions to adjustments that may be seen on the plate. In different phrases: Meals is tradition with all the pieces it entails. When our consuming habits are to be turned from being a local weather burden to a part of the answer, it subsequently requires a significant cultural change.
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New evaluation: Danes’ perspective to climate-friendly meals
A brand new evaluation from The meals tradition reveals that almost all of Danes imagine that it will be significant that our consuming and consuming habits grow to be extra sustainable with a view to counteract local weather change. 62% of Danes wish to eat extra climate-friendly.
Learn Meals tradition’s new evaluation of climate-friendly consuming habits.