Study: Food labelling and carbon pricing could cut UK emissions by five per cent

James Murray
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New analysis calculates that a tax on the most emissions-intensive foods could slash climate impacts and deliver wider social benefits

A concerted effort to encourage people to embrace more sustainable diets could slash the UK's greenhouse gas emissions by almost five per cent, while delivering wider social benefits. That is according...

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