Beef (dairy herd)
CO2 emissions

Beef from dairy herd.

1 kilogramis94.200  kg CO2e

Personal CO2 footprint

CO2e per consumption

9.420 kg

CO2e per year

1130.400 kg

Percentage of yearly average

Additional pie chart for 100%
19 %
of the total CO2e Footprint of a Person.

Sources

  • Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers, J. Poore, T. Nemecek • 2019

    CO2e for 1 kilogram

    170 kg CO2e

    Description

    100g protein from beef (dairy herd) mean 17 kg CO2 eq.

    Links

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant supply chains • Global • 2005

    CO2e for 1 kilogram

    18.4 kg CO2e

    Description

    the carbon intensity of beef from the specialized beef herds is almost \nfourfold that produced from the dairy herd (67.8 vs. 18.4 kg CO2-eq per kg carcass weight). \n\nfao.org