What is your diets impact on the planet?

Climate change can seem like too big a problem.
How can you change a government? a company? a nation?

Knowing your own impact is important, and a good place to start. For example, did you know that:

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"What we eat is one of the most powerful drivers behind most of the world's major environmental issues, whether it's climate change or biodiversity loss," study researcher Joseph Poore told BBC News.

Poore’s study by University of Oxford has been turned into a calculator, so you can select your most-consumed foods and see their climate impact. Below the calculator are fascinating explanations on how the data was turned into a calculator, and environmental impact calculated.

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Design by Prina Shah, development by Felix Stephenson and Becky Rush.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714