Published: 5:47am, 2 Jun, 2016 Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018 China 's new food policy to reduce and control the country 's red meat consumption so as to prevent obesity could also lead to a drastic reduction in China 's emissions as factory farms cause methane pollution . If the Chinese people do reduce their meat consumption by about 50 % , as per their government ’s new dietary guidelines , global climate emissions could also go down by as much as 50 % .
China 's new food policy to reduce and control the country 's red meat consumption so as to prevent obesity could also lead to a drastic reduction in China 's emissions as factory farms cause methane pollution . If the Chinese people do reduce their meat consumption by about 50 % , as per their government ’s new dietary guidelines , global climate emissions could also go down by as much as 50 % .