The council's suggestion could lower the country's food-based greenhouse gas emissions by 20% to 35%, a small step in Denmark's overall effort to reach the goals outlined in the Paris climate conference last December. According to the council, "The Danish way of life is far from climate-sustainable, and if we are to live up to the Paris Agreement target of keeping the global temperature rise 'well' below 2°C, it is necessary both to act quickly and involve food."