Which diet will help save our planet: climatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan?

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A climate-friendly diet is a relatively easy way to reduce your environmental impact, UCL's Mark Maslin argues

The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and other ecosystems and produces a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas...

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