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Carbon Footprint Labels on Food

A Tool for Sustainable Choices?

This workshop explores the role of different actors in making the food system more climate-friendly. Participants will reflect on their own definitions of climate-friendly food choices and identify key barriers preventing consumers from adopting more sustainable diets.

  • Date

    Wednesday 17.09.2025, 18:00
    Admission from 17:30

  • Place

    Lecture theatre

  • Kind

    Workshop

  • Lecturer

    Dominic Lemken

  • Target group

    Adults, teenagers

  • Duration

    180 minutes

  • Price

    free of charge

  • Language

    English

A central part of the session focuses on the methodologies used to measure carbon footprints, highlighting how results can vary depending on different assessment approaches. We will then examine high-impact and low-impact behavioral changes that consumers can adopt to reduce their dietary carbon footprint. The discussion will extend to the effectiveness of various carbon footprint labeling strategies within nutrition policy frameworks. The workshop concludes with a collaborative session to generate ideas on improving the climate impact of our food choices.

  • Dominic Lemken studied Nutrition and Economics at the Universities of Bonn and Wageningen. From 2014 to 2022, he was at the University of Göttingen, where he earned his doctorate in Agricultural and Food Marketing and later served as a Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2022, he returned to Bonn as a Tenure-Track Professor at the Institute of Food and Resource Economics. His research, supported by DFG, BMBF, and BMEL funding, focuses on sustainable behavior, food choices, and nutrition policy.

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