The impact of voluntary sustainability adjustments on greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption – The case of Denmark

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI:10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100164
Jonas Nordström , Sigrid Denver
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In this study we ask how a range of environmental sustainability adjustments that consumers find it easy to adopt affect the carbon footprint of their food consumption. The study is based on information about real purchases of food products and responses to a questionnaire about the various sustainability adjustments that the study participants apply and their concern about climate change. Based on principal component and regression analysis the results from the study indicate that sustainability adjustments such as organic consumption, buying domestically produced food and eating seasonal produce, as well as concern about climate change, are associated with a reduced carbon footprint from food consumption. The largest reductions were found for organic consumers. The results suggested that most committed organic consumers have a carbon footprint that is about one third smaller than that of consumers who seldom buy organic food products. The results also indicate that these voluntary sustainability adjustments are not sufficient to secure conformity with today’s goals for reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

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自愿可持续性调整对食品消费温室气体排放的影响--丹麦案例
在这项研究中,我们询问了消费者认为容易采用的一系列环境可持续性调整措施对其食品消费碳足迹的影响。研究基于食品的真实购买信息和对调查问卷的回复,调查内容涉及研究参与者采用的各种可持续发展调整措施以及他们对气候变化的关注。根据主成分分析和回归分析,研究结果表明,有机消费、购买国产食品和食用时令产品等可持续发展调整措施以及对气候变化的关注与减少食品消费的碳足迹有关。有机食品消费者的碳足迹减少幅度最大。研究结果表明,大多数坚持购买有机食品的消费者的碳足迹比很少购买有机食品的消费者少约三分之一。结果还表明,这些自愿的可持续发展调整并不足以确保符合当今减少温室气体排放的目标。
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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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