“Breeders need support to adapt production”, argues the president of the High Council for the Climate

The High Council for the Climate estimates in its latest report published Thursday January 25 that the production and consumption of meat represents 22% of the French carbon footprint. The objective of reducing meat consumption being essential from an ecological point of view, but difficult in the context of mobilization of the agricultural world, “breeders need support to adapt production”pleads on franceinfo Corinne Le Quéré, the president of the High Council for the climate.

For the climatologist, the observation is clear: “We cannot ask farmers to change their practices if there are not the means put in place to promote the new productions which are necessary to truly respond to climate change.” Corinne Le Quéré therefore calls for targeted aid measures for breeders.

“Breeders need support to adapt production”she explains, listing several levers to pull to help transform farms into low-carbon livestock farms, such as “modify the diet of herds to reduce the greenhouse gases they emit”. But for this, we need “financial investments” And “shared risks”. For Corinne Le Quéré, “Agricultural policies and food policies must be more mobilized in support of these actions for the entire agricultural world.”