The United Kingdom’s (UK) Climate Change Committee is advising the government to restrict the public’s meat consumption, private car ownership, air travel and other lifestyle changes, alleging their contributions to climate change.
The committee is tasked with advising the UK government on climate change and was established in 2008 under the Climate Change Act. In its seventh report released Feb. 26, the group recommended the carbon budget be set at 535 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent for 2038-2042, which would require emissions to fall to 87% below their 1990 levels. “Choices such as meat and dairy consumption and flying make smaller, but important contributions,” the committee wrote in its report.
