Paul McCartney on COP30: "Serving Meat at a Climate Summit Is Like Handing Out Cigarettes at a Cancer Prevention Conference"
Paul McCartney called on COP30 organizers to adopt an all-vegetarian menu, highlighting animal agriculture's role in deforestation and climate change.
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Paul McCartney on COP30: "Serving meat at a climate summit is like handing out cigarettes at a cancer prevention conference"
Paul McCartney has urged COP30 to go vegetarian, saying serving meat there is “like handing out cigarettes at a cancer prevention conference”.
Published on 11/07/2025 – 11:38 GMT+1 Paul McCartney is urging COP30 to become a vegetarian before the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Belém from 10 to 21 November. The Beatles Legend has issued a statement stating that serving meat at a climate summit is “like distributing cigarettes at a cancer prevention conference.” “The livestock industry is one of the main causes of deforestation and the climate catastrophe that is …
Paul McCartney on COP30: “Serving meat at a climate summit is like handing out cigarettes at a cancer prevention conference”
Paul McCartney has urged COP30 to go vegetarian, arguing that serving meat at a climate summit is “like handing out cigarettes at a cancer prevention conference”. The Beatles legend has been a longstanding campaigner for vegetarianism and animal rights, ever since a moment in 1975 when he and his wife Linda saw lambs grazing near their Scotland farm while they were eating lamb. Source
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