French government urges citizens to ‘limit’ meat consumption to fight climate change

Published on 16/02/2026 – 13:25 GMT+1 The French government has recently urged people to “limit” their meat consumption as p…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2547308/french-government-urges-citizens-to-limit-meat-consumption-to-fight-climate-change-2/

Europe’s most climate-friendly supermarket revealed.

European supermarkets could “make or break” the food system’s climate impact, but experts warn that few chains seem serious about cutting emissions.

They urge European supermarkets to transition towards plant-rich foods to cut emissions and lower costs.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260127-europes-most-climate-friendly-supermarket-revealed?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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Americans Can’t Stop Eating This Trendy Snack Food, But Experts Are Warning About Its Terrifying Side Effects

Have you gotten enough protein today? Granger Wootz / Getty Images/Tetra images RF Related: RFK Jr. Opened Up A…
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Ranbir Kapoor’s meat-eating video fuels social media outrage

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1407081/ranbir-kapoors-meat-eating-video-fuels-social-media-outrage/

So sánh LLM và hamburger: Liệu đã có ai dừng ăn thịt vì tác động môi trường? #LLM #Hamburger #TácĐộngMôiTrường #ĂnThịt #BảoVệMôiTrường #Singularity #ThịtVàMôiTrường #EnvironmentImpact #MeatConsumption

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1oyum14/ive_seen_the_llm_vs_hamburger_comparison_made/

"भारत के सबसे बड़े Non-Veg Lovers! टॉप-10 राज्यों की लिस्ट देखकर चौंक जाएंगे" #IndiaFoodCulture #NonVegIndia #Top10NonVegStates #MeatConsumption #IndianFoodDiversity #NHFSData #FoodSurveyIndia #NonVegLovers #IndianCuisine #FoodFactsIndia #भारतकीखानपानसंस्कृति #मांसाहारीराज्य #टॉप10राज्य #नॉनवेजप्रेमी #भारतीयभोजन #मांसखपत #खानपानकाविविधता #भारतीयखानपान #फूडसर्वे #भारतकेमांसाहारी

https://www.vrnewslive.com/non-veg-lovers-food-in-indian-first-choices/

I get your point, but looking at the bigger picture, it gets ... complicated.

Take Germany, for example. The reduction of meat consumption over several years surpassed any predictions.
Over 5 years, from 60 kg per year to just over 51 kg. While this is still way too much, this decrease represents thousands of animals that were not tortured and slaughtered. And that is impressive.
The direct driver of the change was not the vegan population. Sure, their number is growing constantly, but vegans still represent just 1,5 % of the overall population [1].
Way more important was the trend of flexitarians. If 20 % of the population halves their meat consumption, that's a huge impact in terms of numbers.
Thus I think that it is not a successful strategy to put pressure on these people that are already on the right path.
When a critical mass in the population demands vegetarian and vegan dishes, this changes the entire food culture and paves the way for others to become vegan. Understand it as a first step and as a community effort instead of individual responsibility and puritanism.

Sure, there is always an important role for the pioneers who fought and fight hard and with a lot of stamina to make new room in carnivore-dominant societies.
But for realpolitik reasons, I see that we need to see the flexitarians as allies, not as enemies to make fun of with memes. (although of course, criticism of hypocrisy is important).

1: https://veganivore.de/anzahl-veganer-statistiken-fakten/

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