'A golden opportunity': Inside the CCC's blueprint for climate-friendly food and farming

Michael Holder
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The UK's climate advisory body has tabled an ambitious set of policy measures to deliver net zero farming – here are the key takeaways

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has today unveiled what its chair Lord Deben described as "one of the most important reports that we have ever produced". Given the body has previously detailed how...

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