Explore average danish food footprint

Discover how everyday food choices affect water use and climate.

Daily water footprint
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litres per day
Daily carbon footprint
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kg CO₂e per day
Change from current diet
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How many days per week do you eat vegan?

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Food group footprints

Food group Daily amount Water (L/day) Carbon (kg/day)

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What if Denmark changed its diet?

Imagine everyone in Denmark adopted the selected dietary scenario. How much could the environmental footprint of the food in this dataset change?

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Water footprint

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Carbon footprint

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Estimates are extrapolated from the food groups in this dataset to the Danish population. Percentages refer to the modeled food footprint, not Denmark's total national water use or all-source greenhouse gas emissions. Results depend on the assumed substitution scenario and the coverage of the underlying data.