Thu Apr 28, 2022 – 11:19 am EDT
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) – The U.K. government’s chief scientific adviser has encouraged the British public to reduce their meat intake alongside flying less often as a way of achieving Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 2050 net zero carbon dioxide emissions target.
Sir Patrick Vallance, who earlier this month advised the government to prepare for “future pandemics” by providing yearly COVID booster shots, told the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee Tuesday that behavioral changes, including eating less meat, “aggregated across entire populations … make a big difference” when it comes to cutting the national carbon output.
Although the government adviser said that official messaging on the apparent concern of climate change should not “cause fear or upset,” Vallance said that “making sure that people understand what they can do as individuals is an important part of this” as he called for “clear and specific guidance” about cutbacks the public should make.
“I don’t think there’s any room for complacency at all. There is a big change that’s required and it needs to be done urgently,” he stressed.
Vallance noted that the move to electric vehicles, while largely supported
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