The World Bank cooks up a recipe for a climate-friendly food system: Cut red meat subsidies
Corporate Knights
MAY 15, 2024
So it’s no wonder that food systems – and livestock farming in particular – have been a bit of a third rail of climate policy. In the United States, the government provides US$38 billion a year in subsidies to meat and dairy. Agriculture emits around 16 gigatons of greenhouse gases a year – about a third of the world’s total emissions.
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