Research for climate-friendly sustainable diets and food procurement

Summary

In order to achieve the climate goals in the Paris Agreement and the UN's sustainable development goals, it is necessary to optimize the diets in private homes as well as in commercial kitchens. The composition of diet holds one of the greatest potentials for reducing climate impact from our food systems. The market, for example the professional kitchens, demands climate-friendly and sustainable food, but are lacking tools that can help with practical meal planning.
Data from the foodservice sector has been used to identify the most common food items and food groups. In addtion, a review on life cycle assessment studies on organic and conventional food items has been performed.