Paul McCartney has urged COP30 organizers to remove meat from the menu, arguing that serving it at a climate summit is “like handing out cigarettes at a cancer-prevention conference.”
In a statement shared by PETA ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which takes place from November 10 to 21 in Belém, Brazil, the Beatles legend called on delegates to “lead by example” and make the event fully vegetarian. McCartney, a longtime advocate for animal rights and founder of the Meat Free Monday campaign, also expressed that animal agriculture remains a major driver of deforestation and climate change.
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