Tetra Pak, the Swiss - based food processing and packaging company, said
global dairy consumption, including milk, butter and cheese, was expected to rise by 36 percent between this year and 2024.
The growth of the middle class in markets such as China - and the resulting increase in disposable income - has been pinpointed as the driving force behind an increase in
global dairy consumption and demand.
Not exact matches
In a new report, GRAIN outlines the contributions of industrial meat and
dairy to
global climate change, arguing that reducing their production and
consumption is one of the most important actions we can take to address the climate crisis now.
The comprehensive report «Less is more: Reducing meat and
dairy for a healthier life and planet» advocates decreasing
global production and
consumption of animal products in order to reduce the negative impacts on health and the environment.
«The enormous size of the Chinese population, 1.35 billion people, means growth in per - capita
consumption has a big impact on total Chinese demand, and in turn, total
global demand,» the Commonwealth Bank's
dairy report said.
Global dairy and meat production and
consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, according to a new Greenpeace report.
In 2013,
global liquid
dairy product
consumption was calculated at approximately 287 billion litres.
Meat and
dairy generate more
global greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, yet reducing the
consumption of animal products through institutional purchasing remains a largely untapped yet highly effective, cost - saving approach to mitigating climate change while promoting public health.
The report points out that
global consumption of meat and
dairy provides one - third of humanity's protein intake.
Recent analyses have shown it is unlikely
global temperature rises can be kept below two degrees Celsius without a shift in
global meat and
dairy consumption, but demand for meat and
dairy from India and China is estimated to increase by 76 and 65 percent, respectively, by 2050, according to Chatham House.
A new study has just been released by Chatham House in Great Britain and was designed to assess the
global public opinion on meat and
dairy consumption.