UK university bans beef to combat 'climate emergency'

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LONDON (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) - A London college said on Monday (Aug 12) it has banned beef from its campus to combat climate change, becoming the first higher education institution in Britain to do so.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON - A London college said on Monday it has banned beef from its campus to combat climate change, becoming the first higher education institution in Britain to do so.

Staff and students were"determined to help deliver the step change we need to cut our carbon footprint drastically and as quickly as possible," Corner said. Forests soak up heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and deforestation can amplify warming due to the loss of vegetation and soil erosion, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said.

 

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