Lab-grown meat is often touted as the solution to climate-friendly meat production. But in some parts of the world, governments are introducing laws to stop it from being produced.

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On the Global Story podcast, Lucy Hockings speaks with Graihagh Jackson, host of The Climate Question programme on the BBC World Service and our Asia business reporter Nick Marsh. They discuss whether cultivated meat is a potential solution to the climate crisis or just a gimmick.

00:00 Introduction
01:29 Trying lab-grown meat
03:09 What is lab-grown meat?
03:46 Does lab-grown meat taste right?
05:33 Why Singapore allow lab-grown meat
06:26 Lab-grown meat in the United States
06:54 Is lab-grown meat greener?
09:08 Environmental concerns around traditional meat
10:13 Meat consumption rising in India
10:39 Why does it get banned?
11:45 Where can people get lab-grown meat?
12:27 Tradition vs sci-fi
13:48 Why is the industry struggling?
15:00 Cost issues
15:41 A bit of a gimmick?
16:34 Could attitudes change to lab-grown meat?
18:03 Will we see lab-grown meat on supermarket shelves?

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