Study Shows No-Meat Diet is not a Blanket Solution to the Climate Crisis Written by AZoCleantechDec 17 2020 People living in industrialized regions such as Europe or the United States are often encouraged to consume less meat and animal-based foods to ensure a healthier diet that is lower in emissions. Livestock being fed improved forages in Tanzania. Image Credit: Georgina Smith/International Center for Tropical Agriculture. However, such suggestions are not versatile solutions in low- or middle-income countries, where livestock are vital to incomes and diets, debate researchers in a study published recently in Environmental Research Letters. Conclusions drawn in widely publicized reports argue that a main solution to the climate and human health crisis globally is to eat no or little meat but they are biased towards industrialized, Western systems.