The stunning hypocrisy of elites pushing global climate decrees on the masses was on display again at the United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
Despite reported plans by the U.N.’s Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) to release a recommendation for wealthier nations that “over-consume meat” to exercise limits, and amid the left’s ongoing calls to end animal-based diets due to climate concerns, the summit is reportedly offering an eyebrow-raising selection of goodies to carnivorous attendees.
“According to the summit’s online portal, its food offerings include ‘juicy beef,’ ‘slabs of succulent meat,’ smoked wagyu burgers, Philly cheesesteaks and ‘melt-in-your-mouth BBQ’ in addition to African street BBQ, fast casual Mexican fare and an Asian option that has a ‘touch of French flair,'” Fox News reported.
The outlet added that “roughly a third of the food vendors at COP28 provide meat options, according to the summit’s data. The summit said that figure represented a victory as part of its commitment to deliver ‘environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, delicious, and nutritious food and beverage.'”
Even the group representing American beef producers criticized the U.N. ahead of its report on lowering meat consumption in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
“As delegates from around the world are preparing to gather in Dubai to identify solutions to the climate change crisis, we call on them to look at solutions holistically. Solutions that seek to reduce meat consumption are misguided and will only lead to limited consumer choice and higher food prices,” Ethan Lane, with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), said.
In order to reduce greenhouse emissions, UN is expected to unveil a ‘roadmap’ during the COP28 climate summit which will recommend that we limit our meat consumption. Meanwhile, the US military is the largest consumer of oil on the planet. Warmongers, not cows, are the culprits. pic.twitter.com/rfgFtUxc9N
— Alan Watson (@DietHeartNews) November 30, 2023
Earlier this year, the Food@COP climate activist group called for a reduction of meat options at the upcoming summit, prompting the president-designate of COP28, Sultan Al Jaber, to say in a letter in May that they would “ensure the availability of plant-based food options that are affordable, nutritious, and locally and regionally sourced, with clear emissions labeling.”
In addition, the director of COP28’s food system program, Mariam Almheiri, insisted that a “progressive decision” had been made about the catering for the two-week event attended by more than 200 countries.
“We know that our food systems are intrinsically linked to the fate of our natural world, and so we have made the progressive decision to ensure that we explore how the catering provided across the event can be responsible and climate conscious, helping to echo the emphasis we have placed on the Emirates Declaration,” Almheiri said in October.
But, according to Fox News:
Among the food options offered for attendees are The Hungry Hub, which offers beef and meat; Philly Jawn by Ghostburger, which offers burgers and Philly cheesesteaks; Swaggers, which offers smoked ribs and smoked wagyu burgers; and Mattar Farm Live Cooking, which serves “unbelievable smoked meats” and “melt-in-your-mouth BBQ.”
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“FAO emphasizes the critical need for an innovative plan and a concrete package of solutions to overhaul agrifood systems,” the U.N.’s Food & Agriculture Organization said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The Global Roadmap is positioned as a strategic tool to demonstrate that accelerated climate actions can transform agrifood systems, simultaneously addressing food security and nutrition challenges today and in the future without breaching the 1.5 degrees threshold. In this roadmap, FAO is urging for good food for today and tomorrow.”
“The core goal is to achieve [Sustainable Development Goal 2]; Zero Hunger, while being climate-friendly, to attract climate financing for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, along with the actions required to support the achievement of 1.5 degrees (by 2050) based on country commitment, consensus, and country transition,” FAO’s statement added.
Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., called out the “hypocrisy” in a statement.
“The hypocrisy of the global elites never ceases to amaze. They’re the same ones who want working people to swear off flying at all while they get to travel to glitzy conferences on private jets to push a radical green agenda,” Flood, a member of the Congressional Beef Caucus, told Fox News Digital.
“COP28 putting meat on the menu just proves that we need beef and all kinds of meat to help feed the world,” he added. “And that’s why I’ll keep fighting the U.N. and the global elites who are trying to kill meat production, which would only shatter the world’s food security and end an age-old way of life for millions of farmers and ranchers around the world.”
NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane called out the push for decreased meat consumption as “not a realistic or impactful solution for climate change.”
“At a time when malnutrition plagues countries across the world, a reduction of high-quality animal protein would disproportionately impact consumers who can ill-afford to pay more and are ultimately at the highest risk of malnutrition,” Lane added in his statement to Fox News. “Reducing beef consumption in the U.S. is not a realistic or impactful solution for climate change. America’s beef producers and consumers around the globe deserve real solutions to the climate issue, not artificial barriers to protein consumption that will do nothing to solve the world’s climate issues.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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