Veganuary: Do you dare to try?

Here it comes again - the Veganuary. This month we are focusing on sustainable nutrition. We'd like to start with a little intro to the impact our diet has on the global climate. Do you want facts?

🍝 Our diet accounts for 26% of global emissions, 53% of which are caused by the production of meat and animal products.

🍔 Nearly 24% of our individual CO₂ footprint is due to our eating behavior. Not only can we reduce a quarter of our own CO₂ footprint by choosing what we eat, but we also have it in our hands to minimize up to a quarter of the world's greenhouse gases.

🐷 Animal products have the worst CO₂ footprint, while of course other products also harm the climate, such as rice, coffee, flown-in vegetables, and fruit.

🐄 Livestock and fisheries account for 31% of food emissions.

🌱 Land use is responsible for 24% of food emissions. 16% of agricultural land alone is used as pasture and cropland for livestock. Only 8% of the land is used for growing plant-based food.

🚜 In the distribution of agricultural land use, 77% is used for grazing and growing livestock feed alone. So not only do we have more CO₂ emissions from animal agriculture, but we also lose important CO₂ sinks as a result.

💪🏼 While livestock farming takes up most of the world's agricultural land, it produces a measly 18% of the world's calories and 37% of all protein. Sounds low, and it is. Again, unfortunately, cattle have the worst record.

According to Project Drawdown, we have the potential to save 91.72 gigatons of CO₂ equivalents from 2020 to 2050, making plant-based diets the 4th most effective way to save CO₂ in the world.