by jarbel | Mar 11, 2024 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption
Eating habits in Sweden don’t need to change much to be better for both the climate and health. With more plant-based foods, your diet-related greenhouse gas emissions can decrease by up to 53%, according to new research. – Based on the latest representative...
by jarbel | Jan 18, 2024 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption
Climate friendly school meals doesn’t necessarily make the students less happy. FOTO: iStock What we eat has a major impact on the climate. In a new study, researchers have tested a strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of school meals without reducing student...
by jarbel | Oct 24, 2023 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption
New research indicates that with consumption-based climate targets and new policy instruments, the emissions associated with goods and services consumed in Sweden can be reduced, even if they occur abroad. There is currently a discussion about Sweden’s territorially...
by eskilengstrom | Jan 5, 2023 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption
Our eating has a major impact on the environment and the climate so sustainable ways of eating need to become the norm. – Traders are trapped in the current system, says Vishal Parekh, doctoral student at KTH. Vishal Parekh, doctoral student at KTH, and Åsa Svenfelt,...
by jarbel | Jun 1, 2022 | Food, News, Sustainable Consumption
If the Swedish population switched 50% of all red meat and charcuterie to vegetables and legumes we could we could gain 540 000 life years over a period of 20 years. That is equal to half a million people living one year longer than they otherwise would have. After...
by jarbel | May 11, 2022 | Film English, Food, Furnishing, News, Sustainable Consumption, Travel
Sweden may become the first country in the world to have a consumption-based climate target. This would include emissions both in Sweden and abroad that are caused by Swedish consumption. But what kind of consumption is compatible with climate commitments? What will...