Paul McCartney Urges COP30 to Serve an All-Vegetarian Menu

Overview

• The 83-year-old musician pressed COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago, in an open letter with Peta, to make conference catering entirely vegetarian.
• He objected to current plans indicating that only about 40% of meals at the Belém summit are vegetarian.
• He argued that serving meat at a climate conference is like distributing cigarettes at a cancer-prevention conference.
• The appeal cites COP30 materials noting lower carbon footprints for plant-based meals and references an NME figure attributing roughly 80% of global deforestation to livestock.
• As of the latest reports, COP30 organizers have not announced menu changes or issued a formal response to the request.