Bio of the Author: Shahmeer is a behavioral economics researcher at PSL University in Paris. His interests include behavioral economics, climate policy, political economy, development economics and macroeconomics. Shahmeer has previously worked at General Electric and the International Energy Agency in their Paris region offices. He has an undergrad in…

Plant-based diets — although not widespread yet — are becoming more and more common in the west. Plant-based milk, butter, patties, etc are not that hard to find in developed western economies. Similarly, vegetarian and vegan restaurants are not too hard to find in developed western countries. …