該決議在2月12日歐盟氣候變化臨時委員會(European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change)獲得到通過。
歐盟2月4日在法國斯特拉斯堡舉行的27國議會形成一項題為“氣候變遷 ─ 2050年:今天決定未來”("Climate change - 2050: The future begins today")的決議中警告畜牧業的溫室氣體排放,並敦促減少肉食的消費。該決議有關內容的109條原文如下:
109. Recognises that the cultivation of cereals and soya as feed for livestock is responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions; recalls the report entitled "Livestock's Long Shadow" issued by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in November 2006, which states that the livestock industry is responsible for 18% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions; considers that a switch from intensive livestock production to extensive sustainable systems should be encouraged while total meat consumption also needs to be reduced, in particular in industrialised countries;
該條款援引了聯合國糧農組織的報告《牲畜的巨大陰影:環境問題與選擇》中的資料:畜牧業排放的溫室氣體占排放總量的18%。決議還決定減少畜牧業的補助,以減少甲烷的排放。
該決議在2月12日歐盟氣候變遷臨時委員會(European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change)獲得到通過。歐洲議會瑞典議員詹斯·荷姆表示,畜牧業是氣候變遷的最大元兇,此次對於減少肉食消費的廣泛支持具有很大的歷史意義。
歐盟計畫在2020年將溫室氣體以1990年的的基礎上減少20%。