The New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy recently announced the city’s public commitment to a 33 percent reduction in food-based emissions by 2030. The announcement comes in response to the city’s first integrated greenhouse gas inventory, which finds food is the third largest source of overall emissions, behind transportation and buildings.
The new inventory was developed by the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ). It incorporates emissions from the production of goods and services New Yorkers consume, regardless of whether that production occurs in New York City.
“We are leading the world in ensuring we combat climate change and if we’re going to accomplish this goal, it must be accomplished by being honest. We cannot leave the third leading cause of climate change unacknowledged,” says New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a press release.
