Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it

Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his 25 German stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media.

“There was downright hostility between the meat eaters and the vegans,” he said.

That was six years ago. Today, 15% of the 200,000 sausages each year are plant-based.

“It actually tastes like a normal sausage,” customer Yasemin Dural said.

Eating more plants and fewer animals is among the simplest, cheapest and most readily available ways for people to reduce their impact on the environment, climate scientists have long said. According to one University of Michigan study, if half