| There is a way well known by governments which can implement quickly and rapidly a change in behavior of all actors involved in economy : taxation. It's has been the case for centuries, if not thousand years. You give taxe incentive (subside or taxe reduction) for favoured behaviors, and higher taxation level to decourage unfavoured behavior. Meat taxation could be an interesting subject of study as it cover a large range of greenhouse gaz footprint according to the specie the meat come from and a majority of people considers it as an essential item. Cow meat is, by far, the worst offender by pound of meat produced. It is also the meat which requires the largest amount of vegetal protein in order to produce animal protein (1/10), which is by itself an obvious downside considering the challenge climate change will bring to crop production. On the lowest end of the scale, there is chicken, which is around a quarter of cow footprint by pound of meat produced. Banning meat altogether is a no-go inside any democracy as the party in power would be out of a job at the next election. But suppressing taxes on or subsidising consumption of chicken meat while taxing progressivelly cow meat out of existence could have a larger support from general population. The same mecanism of tax increase and tax incentive, according to ecological footprint, could be applied to every item category in the economy. |