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An influential think-tank with close ties to government has co-authored a report advocating so called meat tax as a means to lower meat consumption worldwide. Tackling climate change and improving public health can be achieved by forcing consumers to eat less meat in their diets, and it is up to government to force that change, finds a new report. Co-authored by the University of Glasgow and Chatham House, one of the world's most influential think-tanks, the paper claims "our appetite for meat is a major driver of climate change". Finding global meat consumption has reached "unhealthy levels" and cutting consumption is key to "keeping global warming below the 'danger level' of two degrees Celsius", the paper calls for urgent government intervention. Far from being a potentially fatal move for democratic governments around the world, the report findings insist the public won't actually react badly to the State taking meat off the table. Read More |