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Meat Consumption Emissions Calculator

CO₂e per year from your dietary meat intake.

Estimate the annual CO₂ equivalent emissions from your dietary meat consumption, given a weekly serving size in kilograms and the meat type (beef ≈ 60 kg CO₂e/kg, lamb ≈ 24, pork ≈ 7, poultry ≈ 6, fish ≈ 5).

Marcus Laurent By Marcus Laurent
Reviewed by Dr. Helena Ortiz
Published Last reviewed 1 min read

Inputs

kg/wk

Results

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How to use this calculator

  1. Fill in the inputs above using the units you already have.
  2. Values update automatically as you type — no submit button needed.
  3. Hover any result row for the underlying formula and intermediate values.

Formula

Annual kg CO₂e = weekly_kg · 52 · per_kg_factor.

In depth

Estimate the annual CO₂ equivalent emissions from your dietary meat consumption, given a weekly serving size in kilograms and the meat type (beef ≈ 60 kg CO₂e/kg, lamb ≈ 24, pork ≈ 7, poultry ≈ 6, fish ≈ 5).