Figure 1: Climate footprint of German consumption, and the emissions from domestic production of the bioeconomy. The climate footprint of German consumption includes the global greenhouse gas emissions generated by domestic final demand in Germany.

Looking at the climate footprint of Germany's bioeconomy, the following stands out

• The climate footprint of German consumption significantly exceeds the total territorial greenhouse gas emissions as well as the global average. In 2015, the bioeconomy climate footprint of German consumption was 1.9 t CO₂eq per person while the global average was just over 1 t per person. More than half of this climate footprint consists of emissions abroad.
• German demand e.g. for meat and dairy products but also for feed for domestic livestock farming are thus not compatible with the requirements of the Paris climate protection agreement.
• In the trend projection, territorial emissions and climate footprint are expected to converge by 2030. Net import of greenhouse gas emissions should thus decrease due to changing production, consumption and trade patterns.