Climate Summit boasts a classy seafood, beef menu despite anti-meat initiatives leading the way – Are you getting there?
By Paul Homewood
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Meat for me, but not for you!
World leaders and officials attending the UN’s COP27 climate conference can spend up to $100 per serving of red meat, seafood and other delicious dishes on the menu. However, the United Nations has previously discouraged consumption of red meat due to the carbon emissions that cow farming produces.
Delegates arrive in the Egyptian seaside resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to discuss how mitigating the “climate crisis” can be enjoyed COPGourmet The $100 Angus Beef Medallion is served with a mushroom sauce and sautéed potatoes, according to screenshots obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. However, the United Nations aims to “minimize emissions per calorie” and reduce meat consumption to prevent the planet from overheating, follow to a COP27 food security document. (RELATED: Two of the world’s top CO2 emitters are sniffing the United Nations Climate Summit)
“The menu provided is another example of the incredible disconnect between the so-called leaders and the people they represent,” said Nathan McGovern, a spokesman for the animal advocacy group and climate Animal Rebellion, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “It is hypocritical that delegates at COP27 are celebrating the destruction of our natural world while claiming to be trying to protect it.”
“It is interesting to hear about how Angus beef and sea bass are served to some officials, and at the same time, side event at COP27 supported the idea of going vegan and eliminating red meat,” Chairman Craig Rucker of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow told DCNF.
The VIP menu is only for COP27 attendees who have the right to a security check to enter the private area,”green zone‘ of the conference. Such attendees can also purchase a $125 “classic cocktail” package to receive unlimited cocktails, foie gras, and other savory and sweet snacks for up to 90 minutes.
The UN’s organizers vowed to turn the conference into a sustainable and carbon-neutral event to showcase their “ambitious aspirations” for climate action, follow to the official COP27 website.
“The conference is also air-conditioned, often open to desert air, and about 400 private jets fly into the luxury Red Sea resort in a user country,” says Rucker. 90% of energy comes from fossil fuels. .
COPGourmet and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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