Environmental impact of chocolate

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European Commission

Brussels

22/01/2020 - 00:00

Description

How bad is chocolate for the environment and what can we do to mitigate the effects?

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 29376

Duration

13:22

Level

Advanced / Test-type

Use

Simultaneous

Domains

Environment

Climate

Consumers

Terminology

deforestation, taste buds, chocoholic, greenhouse gas emissions, cacao beans, dairy farming, water footprint, something to chew over, raw material, culprit, palm oil, to melt, lucrative, canopy, water-intensive crop, logging, trunk, microclimate, biodiversity, habitat, monoculture, pest, nutrient, wrapper, Quality Street (chocolate brand), Easter egg, aluminium foil, polystyrene, artisan chocolate maker, in season, slow food, slow fashion, "bio marché", organic market, legumes, container, Côte d'Or (chocolate brand)