The Guardian has an environmental pledge (link), which states that they will "incorporate the latest science in their reporting", and that they "hold countries and businesses to account for destruction of the natural world".

Here are four recent science-y articles from The Guardian about veganism:

• Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows - July 2023
  "Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones"
• ‘You can’t build muscle as a vegan’ – and 13 other plant-based myths, busted - September 2024
  “The science is clear,” says Rob Percival, head of policy at the Soil Association and author of The Meat Paradox. “The average vegan diet does less harm to the environment than the average omnivorous diet, and will typically have a smaller land use footprint and contribute less to global heating.”
• Plant-based meat alternatives are eco-friendlier and mostly healthier, study finds - August 2024
  "Environmentally the production of meat substitutes involves far fewer greenhouse gas emissions and much less water than that of meat dishes, according to the Food Foundation. Fake meat products also perform well nutritionally in comparison with the real thing. They contain fewer calories, less saturated fat and more fibre, the charity’s study found."
• Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds - March 2024
  "A global shift to a mostly plant-based “flexitarian” diet could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help restrict global heating to 1.5C, a new study shows."

Many more examples are easy to find - click here to read every Guardian article tagged "veganism".

The science is clear - a global shift to a plant-based diet would be one of the most impactful things humanity could do, to avert its own destruction.

Given all of the above, The Guardian has an ethical responsibility to highlight the climate impact of the restaurants and recipes it promotes on its food section - both in terms of environmental degradation and carbon emissions.

I invite the reader to click here to read the Guardian's food section and bear in mind their pledge to incorporate the latest science into their reporting. Personally, I could not find any mention of the climate - despite the food system being one of the major drivers of climate change.

This petition asks The Guardian to clearly incorporate the latest climate science into its food section.

If The Guardian feels like it needs to mention meat dishes and meat restaurants - fine, whatever, that's an editorial decision that I can disagree with or not.

But their pledge to incorporate the latest science into their reporting should extend to the "food" section of said reporting.

So - sign this petition to ask The Guardian to incorporate the latest climate science into their food / restaurant / recipes sections, by mentioning the environmental impacts of the meals they cover.