It is estimated that global food emissions totaled 18 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015, of which 51 percent were attributable to six economies. China's food system produced 2.4 billion metric tons of CO2e in 2015, representing 13.5 percent of global food system emissions.
Food system emissions of the top emitting economies in 1990 and 2015 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Nature, & OWID. (March 8, 2021). Food system emissions of the top emitting economies in 1990 and 2015 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010159/food-system-emissions-worldwide-by-selected-country/
Nature, und OWID. "Food system emissions of the top emitting economies in 1990 and 2015 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. March 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010159/food-system-emissions-worldwide-by-selected-country/
Nature, OWID. (2021). Food system emissions of the top emitting economies in 1990 and 2015 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010159/food-system-emissions-worldwide-by-selected-country/
Nature, and OWID. "Food System Emissions of The Top Emitting Economies in 1990 and 2015 (in Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010159/food-system-emissions-worldwide-by-selected-country/
Nature & OWID, Food system emissions of the top emitting economies in 1990 and 2015 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010159/food-system-emissions-worldwide-by-selected-country/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Food system emissions of the top emitting economies in 1990 and 2015 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Nature, & OWID, March 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010159/food-system-emissions-worldwide-by-selected-country/