Can a shift to regional and organic diets reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the food system? A case study from Qatar

Table 7 Total emissions and difference in the emissions from packaging from comparing regional and non-regional distribution systems in the four scenarios

Food products	Consumption (Kg capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	Emission intensities of animal products (Kg CO₂ Kg product⁻¹)		Emission intensities of plant-based products (Kg CO₂ Kg product⁻¹)		Scenario 1 (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	Scenario 2 (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	Scenario 3 (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	BAU (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)
Food products	Consumption (Kg capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	Non-regional	Regional	Non-regional	Regional	100% non-regional (100% packaging)	100% regional (no packaging)	50% non-reg 50% reg	85% non-reg
Eggs	11.69	–	–			–	–	–	–
Poultry meat	43.41	0.15	0			6.51	0	3.26	6.01
Farmed fish	16.05	0.12	0			1.95	0	0.98	1.35
Milk and dairy products	90.61	–	–			–	–	–	–
Beef cattle	8.39	0.15	0			1.26	0	0.63	1.19
Sheep and goat milk meat	13.50	0.11	0			1.45	0	0.73	1.30
Difference in the emissions of animal products						11.17	0.00	5.59	9.79
Cereals	109.62			–	–	–	–	–	–
Vegetables	160.27			0.062	0	9.98	0	4.99	8.86
Fruits	43.45			0.062	0	2.71	0	1.35	2.66
Dates	14.56			0.062	0	0.91	0	0.45	0.10
Difference in the emissions of plant-based products						13.59	0.00	6.80	11.63
Total difference in the emissions (plant-based + animal products)						24.76	0.00	12.38	21.41

Separated results for animal and plant-based products in the four scenarios are shown. Please, note that the 100% regional (scenario 2) is the baseline for the calculation of the difference in the emissions
Values in italic show differences in the emissions

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