GHG emissions due to global household consumption in groups of products
| Product group | Estimated % of global GHG emissions | Key numerical data on carbon emission equivalent for selected examples | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | ∼27% | Beef meat: 99.5 kg CO2-eq/kg; nuts: 0.4 kg CO2-eq/kg | (Hertwich, 2011; Notarnicola et al., 2017; Poore and Nemecek, 2018) |
| Housing | ∼26% of energy-related emissions | Residential energy uses up to ∼40% in some regions; Construction process of a residential house: 405.75 kg CO2-eq/m2 | (Hertwich, 2011); (Asman et al., 2020) |
| Mobility | ∼20% | Total ∼7 Gt CO2/year; road transport ∼5 Gt CO2/year | (Hertwich, 2011); (Ferrer and Thomé, 2023) |
| Fashion | ∼10% | ∼1.2 Gt CO2-eq/year; Additional pollution via chemicals and microplastics, a single T-shirt production: 7 kg CO2-eq on average | UN Helps, 2018; Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017, Link to Carbon Footprint of a T-ShirtLink to the cited article. |
| Product group | Estimated % of global | Key numerical data on carbon emission equivalent for selected examples | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | ∼27% | Beef meat: 99.5 kg CO2-eq/kg; nuts: 0.4 kg CO2-eq/kg | ( |
| Housing | ∼26% of energy-related emissions | Residential energy uses up to ∼40% in some regions; Construction process of a residential house: 405.75 kg CO2-eq/m2 | ( |
| Mobility | ∼20% | Total ∼7 Gt CO2/year; road transport ∼5 Gt CO2/year | ( |
| Fashion | ∼10% | ∼1.2 Gt CO2-eq/year; Additional pollution via chemicals and microplastics, a single T-shirt production: 7 kg CO2-eq on average |
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