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

Table 8 Total emissions and difference in the emissions from transportation from comparing regional and non-regional distribution systems in the four scenarios

	Consumption (Kg capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)		Emission factors of animal products (Kg CO₂ Kg product⁻¹)		Emission factors of plant-based products (Kg CO₂ Kg product⁻¹)		Scenario 1 (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	Scenario 2 (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ yr⁻¹)	Scenario 3 (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)	BAU (KgCO₂ capita⁻¹ year⁻¹)
	Animal	Plant-based	Non-regional	Regional	Non-regional	Regional Regional	100% non-regional	100% regional100% regional	50% non-reg 50% reg	85% non-reg
	183.65	327.90	1.4232	0.0227	1.9746	0.0227
Total emissions of animal products							261.34	4.16	132.75	205.31
Difference in the emissions of animal products							257.18	0	128.59	201.15
Total emissions of plant-based products							647.48	7.43	327.45	586.17
Difference in the emissions of plant-based products							640.05	0	320.03	578.74
Total emissions (plant-based + animal products)							908.82	11.59	460.20	791.48
Total difference in the emissions (plant-based + animal products)							897.23	0	448.62	779.89

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. More information on imports and intermediate calculations are shown in Additional file 1: Tables S10–S13)
Values in italic show differences in the emissions

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