Description
This dataset displays the data of the Consumption Footprint indicator with regard to the area of consumption of food. The dataset includes information on country, year, impact category, area of consumption, product, characterised result, and unit. The impacts categories are those of the Environmental Footprint method (16 impact categories + single weighted score). Units corresponds to those visualized in the consumption footprint platform (e.g. billions CTUe, instead of CTUe).
Contact
Contributors
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- Esther Sanyé Mengual
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0000-0002-2349-9807
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- Jacopo Foschi
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- Piotr Wierzgala
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- Serenella Sala
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0000-0003-1919-9948
How to cite
Sanyé Mengual, Esther; Foschi, Jacopo; Wierzgala, Piotr; Sala, Serenella (2023): Food-Consumption Footprint of EU and EU Member States, by representative product, year and impact category. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2dc7bf81-43be-470f-b63f-41f7de4d9daa
Keywords
consumption footprint industrial ecology life cycle assessment SDG12
Data access
Publications
- European Commission
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Abstract
→ The environmental impacts of EU food production and consumption have risen along time, transgressing some planetary boundaries. → Biodiversity footprint is driven by land use and climate change-related impacts, which are associated mainly with animal-based products. → More balanced diets, where animal-based food consumption is reduced and vegetable-based proteins are preferred, could reduce the environmental impacts. → In 2020, nearly 59 Mt of food were wasted in the EU, representing roughly 10% of food supplied to retail, food services and households. → Meat and dairy contribute to less than 20% of food waste generated in mass, but are responsible for more than 50% of the environmental impacts of food waste. → 62% of food is wasted at the consumption stage. This is responsible for more than 70% of the environmental impacts of food waste generation, stressing the need to focus on prevention efforts at household and food services level. → Food waste generation emits 252 Million tCO2 eq: if EU food waste were a Member State, it would be the EU’s 5th largest emitter.
Geographic areas
Temporal coverage
| From date | To date |
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| 2010-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2023-07-26
- Modified date
- 2023-07-26
- Issued date
- 2023-04-06
- Landing page
- https://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ConsumptionFootprintPlatform.html
- Data theme(s)
- Environment
- Update frequency
- annual
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/2dc7bf81-43be-470f-b63f-41f7de4d9daa
- Popularity
- 27 Apr 2024: 1 visits