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Environmental Ministers of Nigeria, Uganda and the Republic of Congo, representing 30 percent of African inhabitants, signed a letter, sent 10th December to Climate Ministers of 38 rich OECD countries and China, urging them to start policies to reduce meat consumption. This should include fiscal incentives like GHG-emission taxes on food, livestock, meat-taxes, or Agri-ETS systems that generate income for the new Loss and Damage Fund. In the letter signatories say to ‘consider not to sign any COP agreement unless concrete actions will be committed by rich countries and China to address these issues.

One of the signatories is Abbas Lawal Balarabe, Minister of Environment Nigeria, who said to ask more African countries to sign the letter. Nigeria…