Carbon Footprint of Protein Foods Explained
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Sagar PatilConsumption-based accounting is therefore more comprehensive.
This
comprehensive carbon footprint reporting including Scope 3 emissions deals with
gaps in current systems. Countries' GHG inventories for the UNFCCC do not include
international transport.[7] Comprehensive carbon footprint reporting looks at the final
demand for emissions, to where the consumption of the goods and services takes
place.[8]
Definition
The carbon footprint explained Comparison of the
carbon footprint of protein-rich foods[1]
A formal definition of carbon footprint is as follows: "A measure of the total amount of
carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined population, system
or activity, considering all relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial and
temporal boundary of the population, system or activity of interest. Calculated as
carbon dioxide equivalent using the relevant 100-year global warming
potential (GWP100)."[9]
Scientists report carbon footprints in terms of equivalents of tonnes of CO2 emissions
(CO2-equivalent). They may report them per year, per person, per kilogram of
protein, per kilometer travelled, and so on.
In the definition of carbon footprint, some scientists include only CO2. But more
commonly they include several of the notable greenhouse gases. They can compare
various greenhouse gases by using carbon dioxide equivalents over a relevant time
scale, like 100 years. Some organizations use the term greenhouse gas
footprint or climate footprint[10] to emphasize that all greenhouse gases are included,
not just carbon dioxide.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol includes all of the most important greenhouse gases.
"The standard covers the accounting and reporting of seven greenhouse gases
covered by the Kyoto Protocol – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous
oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PCFs), sulfur
hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3)."[11]
In comparison, the IPCC definition of carbon footprint in 2022 covers only carbon
dioxide. It defines the carbon footprint as the "measure of the exclusive total amount
of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is directly and indirectly caused by an