US meat lobby delighted at ‘positive’ prospects for industry after Cop28
by Rachel Sherrington from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KXJM)
Livestock bosses celebrate outcome at online summit, while critics condemn failure to tackle meat and dairy consumption
Lobbyists for the world's biggest meat companies have lauded a better than expected outcome at Cop28, which they say left them excited" and enthusiastic" for their industry's prospects.
US livestock bosses reflected on the conference's implication for their sector on a virtual panel, fresh from sharing US agriculture's story" at the climate summit in December.
Campaigners and climate scientists had hoped the summit, which was billed as a Food Cop" because of its focus on farming, would result in governments agreeing to ambitious action to transform food systems in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.