Gastronomy at the Crossroads Towards Climate Neutrality: From Counting Calories to Monitoring CO2 Emissions

Iva Tolić Mandić – Institute for Development and International Relations, Lj. F. Vukotinovića 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sanja Tišma – Institute for Development and International Relations, Lj. F. Vukotinovića 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Ivana Biondić – Institute for Development and International Relations, Lj. F. Vukotinovića 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract: One of the biggest threats to today’s society is climate change – the result of an increase in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas­es (GHG), produced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels for energy production, transport and industrial processes. One of the larg­est GHG emissions sources is agriculture, but also a whole food system. This paper aims to analyse people’s awareness of the food system’s impact on climate change and if they are familiar with mentioned mitigation oppor­tunities. The research on people’s awareness of the impact of the food sys­tem on climate change was conducted among three groups of respondents – chefs, teachers and lecturers and students. The research showed that al­though people are aware that climate change is a serious problem, they are unaware of how it occurs and that the food that is produced, stored, trans­ported, prepared and finally consumed affects climate change.

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