The United Nations IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change has warned that eating less meat and more plant dietwill help the world in fighting climate change. The report adds that the way theworld manages land, produces and eats food has to change to curb global warmingand maintain food security. Otherwise, health and biodiversitywill be at risk, the UN report on the effects of climate change on land said onThursday. The report said global populationgrowth and changes in consumption patterns have caused unprecedented rates ofland and water use. It called for big changes to farming and eating habits, butstopped short of explicitly advocating going meat free. Dietary changes, featuringplant-based foods and sustainable animal-sourced food, could free up severalmillion square kilometres of land by 2050 and potentially cut 0.7-8.0gigatonnes a year of carbon dioxide equivalent, the United Nations’Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in the report.