A new Oxford University study pinpoints for the first time how high- and low-meat diets impact the planet.
Big meat eaters' diets result in almost twice the carbon emissions per day of those who eat small amounts of meatHaving big UK meat-eaters cut some of it out of their diet would be like taking 8 million cars off the road.
The Oxford University study is the first to pinpoint the difference high- and low-meat diets have on greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say.Prof Peter Scarborough, of Oxford, who led the new research, told BBC News: ''Our results show that if everyone in the UK who is a big meat-eater reduced the amount of meat they ate, it would make a really big difference.
"What makes this assessment different is that it takes real people's diets and is based on the various production methods we have at the moment," she said. "The researchers have assessed at a much more granular level than has been done before the environmental footprint of what they are eating." Britain has some of the most sustainable methods of meat production. And the sector employs nearly 100,000 people making £9.5bn a year for the UK.
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