A U.N. agency will deliver an edict Thursday telling prosperous Western countries to save the planet by stopping meat consumption and embracing vegan alternatives.
The U.N’.s Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) has foreshadowed publication of a road map with global food recommendations to be delivered during its two-week long COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
FAO’s first-of-its-kind document will tell wealthy nations that “over-consume meat” to limit their intake as part of a broader global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by embracing alternative sources of protein, Bloomberg reports.
Plant-based diets are being urged as part of a global push to ditch meat across a multitude of government and non-government authorities.
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Meanwhile developing countries will need to improve their livestock farming methods to align with global agrifood industry standards as dictated by the Rome-based U.N. agency,
“The failure of leading meat and dairy companies to reduce emissions underlines the urgent need for more…
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