Shift Cattle Subsidies to Help Climate Fight, World Bank Says
- Global lender publishes a comprehensive climate plan for food
- Subsidy changes would aid shift to lower-emissions diets
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Wealthy nations reducing financial support for livestock farming would help tackle pollution caused by consuming red meat and dairy, according to the World Bank.
Ensuring that environmental and health costs are fully priced into emissions-intensive foods made from animals would curb consumer demand for those products. That would mean shifting subsidies from the livestock sector toward lower-emissions foods like poultry, fruit and vegetables, the World Bank said in a major report on how to reduce food’s climate footprint.