UN Calls On Western Nations to Reduce Meat Consumption

UN Calls On Western Nations , to Reduce Meat Consumption .

Fox News reports that a United Nations agency overseeing food and agriculture is expected to release a road map calling on the West to significantly reduce meat consumption.

Fox News reports that a United Nations agency overseeing food and agriculture is expected to release a road map calling on the West to significantly reduce meat consumption.

The upcoming COP28 climate summit is set to begin on November 30.

The UN's Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) is expected to release a road map for its global food system.

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'Bloomberg' reported that the road map to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions will reportedly urge nations that "over consume meat" to drastically limit consumption.

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The failure of leading meat and dairy companies to reduce emissions underlines the urgent need for more policy focus on the food and agriculture sector, Jeremy Coller, Chair and founder of the FAIRR Initiative, via Fox News.

Food system emissions deserve a place at the top of the table, alongside energy and transport, as they represent an estimated third of greenhouse gas emissions and 40% of methane, Jeremy Coller, Chair and founder of the FAIRR Initiative, via Fox News.

Investors hope the first-ever publication of a food and agriculture road map at COP28 this month will catalyze the transition to 1.5 degrees and a more sustainable food system, Jeremy Coller, Chair and founder of the FAIRR Initiative, via Fox News.

Fox News reports that the FAO's recommendations, which are non-binding, seek to guide policy on reducing the impact of climate change on the global agricultural industry.

According to a study in the journal 'Nature Food,' the global food system produces 18 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year, about 34% of total global emissions.

FAO data suggests that livestock is responsible for about 14.5% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions