Starting this October 1, the 34 cafeterias serving students at 20 Berlin universities will become primarily meat-free. Only one meat option will be offered on four days of the week, with Mondays being completely meatless. The menus will be 68 percent vegan, 28 percent vegetarian, and only four percent containing meat or fish.
Progress to date: The student support group Studierendenwerk spent the last one and a half years revising the cafeteria menus to respond to student demands for more climate-friendly options.
Why it is important: The livestock sector produces the major share of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. If the world's population shifted to a plant-based diet, greenhouse gases from food production could be reduced up to 70 percent by 2050.
