What’s Cooking? – Key Findings and Executive Summary

United Nations Environment Programme

What’s Cooking? – Key Findings and Executive Summary

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Early Warning and Assessment Division
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-17T12:12:20Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-17T12:12:20Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11
dc.description	This report focuses on the potential environmental, health, social and animal welfare implications of the uptake of novel meat and dairy alternatives, in particular novel plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated products. A team of interdisciplinary experts has assessed the available evidence on the impacts of these alternatives in comparison with their conventional counterparts, identifying pertinent considerations for policymakers involved in regulating, investing in or providing other support for novel meat and dairy products and highlighting research gaps. The report does not explore in depth how developing and shifting to novel alternatives compares with other strategies for reducing the negative impacts of the current meat and dairy industry, such as substituting meat and dairy with more traditional vegetarian and vegan products (e.g. tofu, tempeh), developing insects as a source of human and animal feed, promoting extensive and regenerative animal agriculture, reducing meat and dairy demand through pricing (e.g. meat taxes) or direct interventions to reduce animal emissions (e.g. feed additives). Full report is available at: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/44236	en
dc.description.uri	https://www.unep.org/resources/whats-cooking
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.other	DEW/2594/NA
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/46400
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Russian
dc.language	Chinese
dc.language	Arabic
dc.page.number	5 p.
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	meat industry
dc.subject	sustainable consumption
dc.subject	livestock
dc.subject	animal product
dc.subject	resource use
dc.subject	animal protection
dc.subject	health
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.theme	economics
dc.subject.theme	finance
dc.title	What’s Cooking? – Key Findings and Executive Summary	en
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dc.type	Policy brief