Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels

Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 53 - 58
Published: Jan 1, 2019
Abstract
Food production is a major cause of energy use and GHG emissions, and therefore diet change is an important behavioural strategy for reducing associated environmental impacts. However, a severe obstacle to diet change may be consumers’ underestimation of the environmental impacts of different types of food. Here we show that energy consumption and GHG emission estimates are significantly underestimated for foods, suggesting a possible blind spot...
Paper Details
Title
Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels
Published Date
Jan 1, 2019
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
53 - 58
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