{
  "sources": [],
  "title": "Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods",
  "url": "https://thebalanceofhealth.com/sources/xu-2021-global-ghg-emissions-animal-plant-foods",
  "publisher": "The Balance of Health",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "record": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "id": "src-xu-2021-food-ghg",
    "slug": "xu-2021-global-ghg-emissions-animal-plant-foods",
    "title": "Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods",
    "authors": [
      "Xiaoming Xu",
      "Prateek Sharma",
      "Shijie Shu",
      "et al."
    ],
    "organisation": "University of Illinois and collaborators",
    "publication": "Nature Food",
    "year": 2021,
    "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00358-x",
    "doi": "10.1038/s43016-021-00358-x",
    "sourceType": "peer-reviewed-study",
    "studyType": "modelling",
    "topicIds": [
      "climate"
    ],
    "pillarIds": [
      "environment"
    ],
    "geography": "Global, 171 crops and 16 animal products",
    "keyFindings": [
      "Food-system emissions were estimated at about 35% of global anthropogenic emissions, with animal-based foods responsible for roughly 57% of food-system emissions and plant-based foods about 29%."
    ],
    "supportsClaimIds": [
      "claim-less-meat-reduces-emissions"
    ],
    "challengesClaimIds": [],
    "limitations": [
      "Model-based estimates with uncertainty from land-use-change accounting and emission factors."
    ],
    "quality": "moderate",
    "qualityRationale": "Single modelling study, consistent with independent estimates; estimates concern food production including animal feed."
  }
}