Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
PIK_climate@wisskomm.social wrote:
“If food system emissions are not reigned in, we cannot reach the 1.5C goal of the Paris Agreement,” explains PIK scientist Franziska Funke. Global trends in meat production are unsustainable, and taxes may be the most effective way to curb the world’s appetite, she and other researchers underline. Meats, including beef, pork, and chicken, are “significantly underpriced” compared with the cost of their environmental impact, they concluded in a study last year. ($)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/13/science/meat-tax-climate-change/