Beef (beef herd)CO2 emissions
Beef from the specialized beef herds.
1 kilogram289.200 kg CO2e
Personal CO2 footprint
CO2e per consumption
28.920 kg
CO2e per year
3470.400 kg
Percentage of yearly average
58 %
of the total CO2e Footprint of a .
of the total CO2e Footprint of a .
Sources
Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers, J. Poore, T. Nemecek • 2019
CO2e for 1 kilogram
500 kg CO2e
Description
100g protein from beef (beef herd) mean 50 kg CO2 eq.
Links
- Results xls josephpoore.com
- Author webpage html josephpoore.com
- Science Journals article pdf josephpoore.com
- Full database html ora.ox.ac.uk
Major cuts of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock within reach • Global • 2013
CO2e for 1 kilogram
300 kg CO2e
Description
Emission intensities (i.e. emissions per unit of product) vary from commodity to commodity. They are highest for beef (almost 300 kg CO2-eq per kilogram of protein produced), followed by meat and milk from small ruminants (165 and 112kg CO2-eq.kg respectively)\n\nfao.org
Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock • Global • 2013
CO2e for 1 kilogram
67.6 kg CO2e
Description
67,6kg CO2-eq/kg product of beef (carcass weight and does not include post-harvest emissions.) \n\nfao.org (PDF) Page 24