Environmental Impact

Cities

Cape Town
London
Mexico City
Milan

Single-city data

Comparative data

	Cape Town			London			Mexico City			Milan
Food Group	Total consumption t	Total GHG emissions t CO₂eq	Per-capita GHG emissions kg CO₂eq	Total consumption t	Total GHG emissions t CO₂eq	Per-capita GHG emissions kg CO₂eq	Total consumption t	Total GHG emissions t CO₂eq	Per-capita GHG emissions kg CO₂eq	Total consumption t	Total GHG emissions t CO₂eq	Per-capita GHG emissions kg CO₂eq
Alcoholic Beverages	298,818	534,884	118.5	460,104	823,586	91.9	148,278	265,418	29.4	110,117	197,109	60.6
Animal fats	2,210	52,775	11.7	153,923	3,675,681	410.1
Aquatic Products, Other
Cereals - Excluding Beer	751,515	1,713,454	379.6	355,890	811,429	90.5	718,067	1,637,193	181.1	306,475	698,763	215.0
Eggs	32,500	151,775	33.6	61,190	285,757	31.9	110,124	514,279	56.9	24,704	115,368	35.5
Fish, Seafood	29,789	603,227	133.6	82,401	1,668,620	186.2	27,847	563,902	62.4	52,384	1,060,776	326.4
Fruits - Excluding Wine	127,423	108,310	24.0	583,271	495,780	55.3	986,054	838,146	92.7	249,888	212,405	65.4
Meat	284,779	11,089,294	2456.7	424,833	16,542,997	1845.9	280,283	10,914,220	1207.1	130,285	5,073,298	1561.0
Milk - Excluding Butter	237,927	749,470	166.0	706,458	2,225,343	248.3	918,063	2,891,898	319.9	240,820	758,583	233.4
Miscellaneous				2,000,512	8,462,166	944.2
Offals	35,027	1,363,951	302.2
Oilcrops	4,061	8,406	1.9							47,578	98,486	30.3
Processed Food
Pulses	5,596	7,778	1.7				29,294	40,719	4.5	13,386	18,607	5.7
Spices	2,120
Starchy Roots	155,683	70,057	15.5	264,779	119,151	13.3	68,172	30,677	3.4	60,922	27,415	8.4
Stimulants	7,582	285,007	63.1				20,795	781,684	86.5	8,960	336,806	103.6
Sugar Crops
Sugar & Sweeteners	178,839	377,350	83.6	44,640	94,190	10.5	162,293	342,438	37.9	38,791	81,849	25.2
Treenuts	9,117	16,684	3.7	4,239	7,757	0.9	16,274	29,781	3.3
Vegetable Oils	77,185	243,905	54.0				50,903	160,853	17.8
Vegetables	173,016	157,445	34.9	551,412	501,785	56.0	700,346	637,315	70.5	249,431	226,982	69.8
Total