The global warming potential of two healthy Nordic diets compared with the average Danish diet

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-262

  Saxe, Henrik ^a   Larsen, Thomas Meinert ^b   Mogensen, Lisbeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MEATS; NUTRITION;

ACTUAL RATIOS; CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; PRODUCTION METHODS; PROTEIN CONTENTS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

DIET; EMISSION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FRUIT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEAT; NUTRITION; PROTEIN; VEGETABLE;

DENMARK;

EID: 84871402103     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0495-4     Document Type: Article

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