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What is the Plant Based Treaty?

We are urging individuals, groups, businesses and cities to endorse this call to action and put pressure on national governments to negotiate an international Plant Based Treaty as a companion to the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.

The treaty would put food systems at the heart of combating the climate crisis, aiming to halt the widespread degradation of critical ecosystems caused by animal agriculture, to promote a shift to more healthy, sustainable plant-based diets and to actively reverse damage done to planetary functions, ecosystem services and biodiversity.

The Plant Based Treaty has three core principles:

Redirect

An active transition away from animal-based food systems to plant-based systems

Relinquish

No land use change, ecosystem degradation or deforestation for animal agriculture

Restore

Actively restoring key ecosystems, particularly restoring forests and rewilding landscapes

Report by Plant Based Treaty outlining vegan donut economics

Plant Based Treaty in Action Report

How Plant Based Treaty’s 40 suggested proposals are being implemented worldwide.

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Latest City Endorsements

Jun 04 2026
Utrecht, The Netherlands

The municipality of Utrecht has endorsed the Plant Based Treaty with several actionable steps.

They have agreed to help their residents eat more healthy plant-based foods from local sources. In addition, canteens within several offices will have more plant-based food, and food waste will be reduced.

Jun 01 2026
Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal

Póvoa de Lanhoso formally endorsed Plant Based Treaty and set out plans to adopt a strategic action plan linking plant-based food with climate resilience, public health and social innovation. They propose practical measures including 100% plant-based meal options in school cafeterias, training caterers, care institutions and municipal nutritionists, as well as promoting plant-based cooking and food-literacy workshops at public events.

Apr 23 2026
Southam, Warwickshire, UK

Southam town council has become the 7th in the U.K. joining more than 70 towns and cities worldwide that have already endorsed.

Southam seeks to increase the availability of plant-based options at council events and in community venues where appropriate, and they encourage and support local initiatives that raise awareness of sustainable and healthy food choices.

Apr 09 2026
Somerville, United States

Somerville agrees to promote Plant Based Restaurant Week, provide educational material and encourage vegan food at city events.

Somerville City Council unanimously passed a resolution to endorse the Plant Based Treaty and implement meaningful plant-based initiatives. This Earth Month endorsement makes Somerville the 70th city globally and 7th US city to support the initiative.

Mar 25 2026
Getafe, Spain

The city will develop a Local Action Plan to reduce food emissions and promote sustainable diets.

Getafe has become the fifth Spanish municipality to support a shift towards plant-based food systems. It joins 68 cities, including Mataró, Parla, El Masnou, and Alcorcón in Spain, as well as major European capitals: Amsterdam, Edinburgh, and Belfast.

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City Endorsements

Southam, Warwickshire, UK

ENDORSED APRIL 23, 2026

Southam town council has become the 7th in the U.K. joining more than 70 towns and cities worldwide that have already endorsed.

Southam seeks to increase the availability of plant-based options at council events and in community venues where appropriate, and they encourage and support local initiatives that raise awareness of sustainable and healthy food choices.

Somerville, United States

ENDORSED April 9, 2026

Somerville agrees to promote Plant-Based Restaurant Week, provide plant-based educational material and encourage plant-based food at city events

Somerville City Council unanimously passed a resolution to endorse the Plant Based Treaty and implement meaningful plant-based initiatives. This Earth Month endorsement makes Somerville the 70th city globally and 7th US city to support the initiative, after Cambridge endorsed in January 2026, following US cities Culver City CA, West Hollywood CA, Hoboken NJ, Los Angeles CA, and Boynton Beach FL.

Getafe, Spain

ENDORSED MARCH 25, 2026

The city will develop a Local Action Plan to reduce food emissions and promote sustainable diet

Getafe has become the fifth Spanish municipality to support a shift towards plant-based food systems. It joins 68 cities, including Mataró, Parla, El Masnou, and Alcorcón in Spain, as well as major European capitals: Amsterdam, Edinburgh, and Belfast.

Why do we need a Plant Based Treaty?

Fossil fuels and animal agriculture are the driving force behind runaway global warming as well as extensive biodiversity loss, large-scale deforestation, species extinction, water depletion, soil degradation and ocean dead zones.  Addressing fossil fuels alone isn’t enough – we need action on food systems too; that’s where the Plant Based Treaty comes in. The three main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are at devastatingly high levels and rapidly accelerating.

Animal agriculture is driving Indigenous land theft in the Amazon; subjecting racially and ethnically marginalized communities to disproportionate amounts of toxic waste from factory farms and slaughterhouses as well as exposing workers to toxic chemicals, hazardous working conditions and severe trauma.

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