The team says
halving global consumption of animal products by eating more insects or imitation meat would free up 1680 million hectares of land — 70 times the size of the UK.
Not exact matches
The report said the Chinese accounted for
half of all the
global luxury products»
consumption during the period and remain far and away the largest luxury consumers in the world.
Included in Goal no. 12 on «responsible
consumption and production» is a call to «
halve per capita
global food waste at the retail and consumer levels.»
Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 «ensure sustainable
consumption and production patterns» has target 12.3 «by 2030,
halve the per capita
global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains including post-harvest losses».
Global brewer Heineken has produced a strong first
half performance but remains cautious on the development of beer
consumption in Europe and the US due to continued weak consumer spending and planned austerity measures across many countries.
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.
Goal 12 — to ensure sustainable production and
consumption patterns — is broken down into 11 smaller goals; 12.3 is to
halve per capita
global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030.
The report sharply lowered its five - year
global coal demand growth forecast in reflection of economic restructuring in China, which represents
half of
global coal
consumption.
There is potentially plenty more growth to come, with
global per - capita steel
consumption still only about
half that level (see «Peak planet: Steel
consumption per capita «-RRB-.
And lastly, the team estimates that a tax on veterinary antibiotics of
half the price of the drug would cut
global consumption by nearly a third.
Note China is responsible for
half of the annual
global coal
consumption and is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, followed by the United States.
«Heat accounts for more than
half of
global final energy
consumption and is still primarily supplied by fossil fuels,» it notes, adding that growth over the next five years will likely be slow.
Investing in technologies that increase the fuel economy of America's vehicle fleet will create domestic jobs, save consumers money at the pump, cut
global warming pollution, and put us on a path to cut projected U.S. oil
consumption in
half over the next 20 years.
The only way to double
global energy
consumption while cutting
global warming emissions in
half is by developing new sources of clean energy.
This aging segment of the population is expected to drive over one -
half of urban
consumption growth in advanced economies, according to the McKinsey
Global Institute.