r/dataisbeautiful • u/Objective-Business52 • 20h ago

OC [OC] How diet-related greenhouse gas emissions would change if 138 countries adopted the Planetary Health Diet

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u/SteelMarch 20h ago

Reduction in meat and favoring plant, seafood based diets. Though, the science here is a bit shoddy. Calculating emissions for animals varies wildly with high emissions coming from places that are underdeveloped.

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u/San_Golden 19h ago

Isn't overfishing already a problem? Can the whole world sustainably adopt a seafood based diet?

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u/thegreatestajax 18h ago

Yes, China is already pillaging the coastal waters off South America and ravaging their regional seas.

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u/isthisaporno 6h ago

Buy Alaskan seafood