The British needs to reduce the plane, eat less meat to achieve Net Zero goals

This recommendation was stated by the UK’s climate change committee (CCC) in the 7th Carbon budget, announced on February 26, in order to help the country achieve a net emission goal of zero (Net Zero) by 2050.

Carbon budget sets legal boundary limits with the amount of carbon that the UK can “spend” for 5 years, like a personal budget for shopping. There are 6 carbon budgets set from 2008-2037. The 7th budget was made for the period 2038-2042.

According to the recommendations in this budget, each citizen needs to reduce 260 grams of meat a week, equivalent to the amount of meat in two Doner Kebab breads, by 2040. The reduction of this diet will help reduce the amount of methane in the production of meat and milk, and have additional land converted from cattle raising to carbon absorption trees.

“We do not call on people to be vegetarian, but expect you to change your eating habits,” said Emily Nurse, head of the committee’s Net Zero department. Reducing meat can take place gradually and suitable for health status.

CCC is an independent organization of the Government on climate. According to them, limiting flights also helps to reduce emissions significantly. According to statistics from traffic and environmental organizations, 940,000 flights departed from airports in the UK in 2023 discharged 32 million tons of CO2, equal to 89% of the level of 2019.

Therefore, this unit recommends that the passengers fly on frequent flying passengers, which is widely supported by the public. On the other hand, they call on the industry not to be responsible for climate by investing in more sustainable and effective fuel. At this Carbon budget, CCC also urged the British government to commit to reducing 17% of air emissions compared to 2023.

In addition, the suspension of gas boiler, priority for public transport and walking, cycling is also recommended. Housing also needs better insulation, saving money as well as reducing carbon emissions instead of using gas heaters.

In fact, the United Kingdom reduced exhaust by 50% compared to 1990 thanks to the removal of coal and replaced partly by renewable energy. The next journey of reducing emissions will be more interesting, sheet Sky Comments, when the responsibility comes from people who pay electricity and water bills every month.

Although some right -wing politicians criticized actions for the climate as “stupid”, Emma Pinchbeck, CCC Director said the public supported the above moves in wide polls. She also added that people even performed CCC’s advice step by step in some cases.

Doug Parr, policy director at the Greenpeace Environmental Protection Organization, called on the Government to act further. “The Ministers must be more brave when referring to the situation of frequent flight and consuming too much meat,” he said. He added that the exhaust reduction policies in areas with inherent high carbon will ensure that he is not too dependent on expensive technologies, which have not been proven to be electronic fuel or carbon storage and storage.

According to CCC’s calculations, the roadmap for reducing emissions in the period of 2038-2042 and the 7th carbon budget is expected to help him reduce a quarter of the quantity of CO2 and greenhouse gases equivalent to the current level, aiming at the target of net emission to zero in 2050. As a rule, carbon budgets must be established earlier than a decade, in order to enhance the Government’s vision, forcing them to consider long-term policies.

According to estimates, he needed to spend about £ 110 billion to achieve Net Zero target in the next 25 years. The Ministers will give detailed feedback on the above findings before June 2026. Many urgent actions, from doubling the planting area by 2030 to strengthen electric vehicles, buses and trains, must be started in this term.

However, some long -term policies can put pressure in the short term. For example, CCC proposes to increase six times the scale of the offshore wind farm and double the amount of turbines on the shore, with the cost of about 0.2% of GDP in the next 15 years. This can lead to an increase in energy costs in the short term, putting pressure on the current government. The key to accelerating the process of energy conversion is how to make the electricity cleaner than gas.