Eating a climatarian diet is easy – simply swapping from beef and lamb to pork and poultry in your everyday meals saves a tonne of CO2e a year.
This simple diet shift is the easiest way for an individual to cut their carbon.
And you can reduce your food emissions even further with other climate friendly food habits.
Cutting out meat one day a week, will save approximately 175kg CO2e per year. If you’re feeding three people, that...
Concerns about over fishing, threatened species, harmful PCBs, farmed fish welfare and the impact of diseases spreading from farmed...
Shop and store food carefully to avoid waste. About a third of all food is wasted, some before it...
Seasonal food tastes great, it’s fresh and nutritious and supports local producers. It avoids the carbon burden of long...
What could be more local, seasonal produce than home grown food? If you have space, even a windowsill, growing...
Food transported from a Spanish field to Norway causes less emissions than the energy taken to grow the same...
Avoid air freight food. Air transport causes 100 times the emissions of sea freight. Choose seasonal fruit and vegetables....
Intensively farmed meat may have a lower climate impact than free range, but there are ethical and health reasons...
The loss of 1kg of boneless beef has the equivalent climate impact of wasting 24kg of wheat. This is due to...
Composting food waste saves potent methane emissions from food rotting in landfill. Instead, composting stores carbon which is then transferred...
Processed foods carry an increased carbon burden. Choosing fresh, unprocessed foods saves energy emissions. Favour food that is produced locally and is...
The energy and resources used to produce food packaging causes CO2e emissions. This adds to potent methane released when biodegradable...
Box delivery schemes which deliver seasonal, organic food to your door vary greatly. Some deliver just fruit and vegetables,...
Alcohol consumption is responsible for 1.5% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions and 700,000 tonnes of beer bottle waste....
Eating out causes more emissions than home cooked food. Don’t deny yourself the odd meal out, but consider taking...
Disposable cups, plates and cutlery are an unnecessary and avoidable waste. There’s a simple enough solution: bring your own...
25% of all lorries on UK roads are carrying food. Buying local food supports local producers and takes some...
Other climate friendly diets.
Cutting out meat altogether saves an additional 200Kgs CO2e per year. In terms of climate impact, many consider the...
A pescatarian eats fish but no meat. If you cut out all meat to go pescatarian you’ll save an...