Biodiversity impacts due to food consumption in Europe

Highlights

• Assessment of representative food products consumed in EU and driving biodiversity loss.
• Environmental impacts of EU food consumption through a product-based LCA.
• Assessment of biodiversity impacts of EU food consumption (endpoint analysis).
• Meat products and agricultural land use as main hotspots of impact for biodiversity.
• Key limitations for biodiversity impact assessment in LCA.

E. Crenna, T. Sinkko, S. Sala

10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.054