March 18, 2024 Program ‘Bewildering’ to omit meat-eating reduction from UN climate plan
“It’s very striking: the FAO doesn’t include one of the clearest interventions that would help meet both environmental and health targets,” said Cleo Verkuijl of the Stockholm Environment Institute US and a visiting fellow with the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School.
March 18, 2024 Program FAO’s 1.5 °C roadmap for food systems falls short
The first instalment of the FAO food systems roadmap is a key step in identifying pathways to achieve zero hunger without breaching the 1.5 °C climate change threshold. But future installments should be more methodologically transparent, emphasize the need to reduce animal-sourced food consumption and align with a holistic One Health approach, says Visiting Fellow Cleo Verkuijl.
November 15, 2023 Program 30 Law Professors Urge Congress To Oppose the EATS Act
“If Congress adopts the EATS Act or anything remotely like it—even if its proponents claim that they have significantly narrowed it in response to criticism—legislative and judicial chaos will ensue across the 50 states,” said Kristen Stilt, professor of law at Harvard University’s Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program. “The short text of the EATS Act belies the fact that it could strike thousands of pages of state laws that protect the health and welfare of the citizenry.”