called for resources to be allocated away from producing red meat and dairy and instead focus production on low-carbon foods, which could lead to an increase in prices for some foods.
“We have to stop destroying the planet as we feed ourselves,” Julian Lampietti, the World Bank’s manager for global engagement in the bank’s agriculture and food global practice, toldThe report was set to be diplomatically convenient, coming years after many countries signed onto the 2015, a global pact that aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit. The countries that signed on are preparing to make updates to their climate plans by next year.
The report suggested that countries reorient subsidies to red meat and dairy production facilities toward alternatives that produce less carbon. It could have an impact on the cost of goods that produce more carbon.