A vegan menu would not only allow attendees to dine with a clear conscience, but also set an important example for the world to follow.
The 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP26) Climate Change Conference is fast approaching. Urge the president of COP26, Alok Sharma, to set a meaningful example during this climate crisis by serving a fully vegan menu at the event.
The next COP26 is scheduled to be held in the city of Glasgow from 1 to 12 November 2021 under the presidency of the United Kingdom. This conference is the first time that Parties are expected to commit to enhanced ambition since COP21.
Eating vegan is better for the environment
The fishing, meat, dairy, and egg industries are not only cruel to animals but also catastrophic for the environment. For decades, the U.N. has identified animal agriculture as a leading cause of deforestation, pollution, ocean dead zones, habitat loss, species extinction, and the spread of zoonotic diseases.
Vegan foods have a far smaller carbon footprint than their animal-derived counterparts – even when comparing imported plant proteins to flesh from grass-fed, locally farmed animals – and a switch to vegan eating can reduce food-related carbon emissions by 73{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63}. Quite simply, eating meat and dairy is part of what got us into this mess.
Animals can feel pain in the same way as humans. Just like us, they value their lives and don’t want to suffer.
In her natural environment, a hen will cluck to her chicks before they even hatch while sitting on the eggs in her nest. They peep back to her and to each other through their shells. In the ways that matter, humans and other animals are the same. There is no moral justification for exploiting animals for human purposes.
The COP26 Climate Summit should set an example
Given everything that we now know about the devastating impact of animal agriculture on the environment, serving meat, dairy, or eggs at a climate change summit would be like distributing cigarettes at a health convention.
Plant foods are the way forward, and a vegan menu would not only allow attendees to dine with a clear conscience but also set an important example for the world to follow.
Original source: Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)