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Climate Change Committee issues advice to government on meeting carbon emissions target by 2050

• What would reaching net zero mean for life in 2040s Britain?

Giving up two doner kebabs’ worth of meat a week will be enough to keep the UK within safe climate limits by the end of the next decade, as more drastic changes in behaviour can be avoided if the government takes action on greenhouse gases from energy, transport and industry, the UK’s climate advisers have said.

People would need to change their behaviour in some ways, such as by eating about 260g less meat each week, but this was likely to happen gradually and in line with health trends. “We are absolutely not saying everyone needs to be vegan. But we do expect to see a shift in dietary habits,” said Emily Nurse, head of net zero at the Climate Change Committee, which on Wednesday published its official advice to the government on meeting the UK’s target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

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The UK’s electric vehicle (EV) market is at a crossroads, with cost barriers, insufficient charging infrastructure, and policy concerns slowing the transition to net zero emissions, according to industry experts.

The Paris Agreement’s new international carbon market regime, combined with the development of digital monitoring technologies and rising standards, is helping to rebalance the perception of risk in the voluntary carbon market, speakers told a conference on Tuesday.

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