At the conclusion of the annual Conference of Parties meeting on climate policy, participants released a 21-page report serving as the first-ever “stocktake” from the group. According to the United Nations, the document “is a process for countries and stakeholders to see where they’re collectively making progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement – and where they’re not.” The stocktake is intended to be updated every five years.
Many U.S. livestock and food groups feared the stocktake would follow anti-meat activists’ demands and call for a…