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The COP28 climate conference in Dubai will hold a Food, Agriculture and Water Day on Dec. 10. A first-ever day devoted to food systems at the United Nations climate conference, it comes amidst a series of UN reports on the consumption of meat and the role of meat alternatives, including an anticipated UN road map encouraging developed nations to curb meat consumption.

is a professor of sustainable food systems at Cornell University and a co-author on a new on lab-grown meat and its impact on the environment and human health, from the United Nations Environment Programme.

Herrero says:

“Novel alternatives to animal-sourced foods can potentially play an important role in shifting our food systems in ways that are more sustainable, healthier and less harmful to animals, humans, and the planet.”

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is a senior research associate at Cornell focused on sustainable food systems around the world. Like Herrero, Mason-D’Croz is a co-author on the UNEP report on lab-grown meat and its climate and health impacts.

Mason-D’Croz says:

“In order to translate these findings into actionable policy change, it’s critical that we fully account for benefit-cost analyses and take account of political dynamics and incentives within the food system.

“Globally, more than two billion people suffer from food insecurity, and a substantial number of the world's poor are farmers, so changes in the way we produce, distribute and consume animal-sourced foods must be directed in ways that ease, not exacerbate, food insecurity and inequality.”


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