Policymakers and business urged to push plant-based products

New research sets out the climate and nature wins of replacing meat with whole foods and plant-based proteins, and calls on governments and food retailers to make these alternatives more available and affordable for consumers

Replacing 30 per cent of meat with plants proteins could offset almost all global aviation emissions, free up an India-sized carbon sink and save 7.5mn swimming pools’ worth of water a year, says a study by Dutch consultancy Profundo for environmental non-profit Madre Brava.