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Scientists Call on City Mayors to Reduce Meat in Public Canteens

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10/01/2019

Scientists call on mayors across the globe to reduce meat in their city's public canteens, in order to tackle the climate emergency.

Pete Smith, Professor at the University of Aberdeen and Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has spearheaded the scientists’ joint call to action. Among the many prominent voices gathered is also Canadian scientist and broadcaster, David Suzuki. Together, they are calling for the reduced consumption of livestock products to greatly lower the environmental impacts of food production and benefit human health.

Currently, livestock emissions, including impacts from deforestation for feed production, already account for 14.5% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, as much as all as cars, trains, ships and airplanes combined. If no sufficient steps are taken, this could grow even further.

Hundreds of cities will take part in the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact annual gathering in Montpellier, France (October 7-9), and the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark (October 9-12). Building on the call to action from scientists, Greenpeace urges city leaders to take the opportunity and publicly commit to changing city food policies and significantly reduce the amount of meat served in public canteens.