Criticism of last month’s climate agreement which aims to slash carbon dioxide emissions 49% by 2030 continues to mount, this time with the Telegraaf reporting meat will be almost off the menu.

‘Two meatballs a week, there won’t be much more than that,’ the paper states, after consulting experts at the nutritional advice centre Voedingscentrum.

‘The meat diktat from climate pope Ed Nijpels is on top of the proposals to ban gas in private homes, install heat pumps and pamper the buyers of super expensive electric cars,’ the paper states.

Experts told the paper that the recommendation that the Dutch diet shift from 60% meat and 40% vegetable protein to 40% meat and 60% vegetable will mean ‘meat no more than once or twice a week’.

The climate deal does indeed call for a shift in protein sources by 2050, but also points out that this is in line with recommendations by the government backed Voedingcentrum.

The Voedingcentrum currently recommends people limit their consumption of meat to 500 grammes a week.