Today Liz Truss insisted that Brits don’t need to stop flying due to climate change. She also rejected the idea to impose a tax on meat to reduce harmful emissions.
The Foreign Secretary said ‘the way to reduce climate emissions from flying isn’t to stop flying’ but to develop new technology to make aviation greener.
She stated that she would not be in favor of a meat-tax, and suggested that the Government use the carrot’ rather the stick’ to change peoples’ behavior.
Ms Truss made these remarks in Glasgow, as world leaders met at the COP26 summit on climate change.
The UN gathering aims to persuade all countries around the globe to agree to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.

The Foreign Secretary said ‘the way to reduce climate emissions from flying isn’t to stop flying’ but to develop new technology to make aviation greener
According to reports the Government is working on a new tax system that will apply to the food sector, which contributes most to global warming.
George Eustice, Environment Secretary has previously expressed support for a new levy to milk and meat.
Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, supports the idea of encouraging people to eat less meat. He argued that “reducing a little bit can make all the difference”.
The plans led to a Cabinet row. Rishi Sunak, Alok Sharma, and Rishi Sunak both rejected the idea that people should be instructed to change their diets.
Asked if she would support a meat tax, Ms Truss told Sky News: ‘I wouldn’t support a meat tax. I believe we need to recognize that farming and farmers are doing an amazing job of becoming more climate friendly in the work they do.
‘But I think it is really important that we support our fantastic British farming industry and I think it is important that rather than using the stick to encourage people to become more climate friendly, we use the carrot, if that is not mixing metaphors with meat, we actually make a climate friendly life style more affordable for people.
‘Whether that’s an electric car becoming more affordable, whether it is technology like heat pumps becoming more affordable.
‘And also it is about making a lot of those industries, whether it is aerospace or farming, more climate friendly.
‘So we are looking to do a jet zero plane so that we can achieve our goals for the climate but carry on travelling at the same time.’
Climate change campaigners have criticized the Government for announcing at last week’s Budget a cut in domestic air passenger duty.
Critics claimed that the decision not to make it more affordable to fly in the UK was a miscommunication for the COP26 summit.

Ms Truss said she would not support rolling out a meat tax, arguing that the Government should use the ‘carrot’ rather than the ‘stick’ to change people’s behaviour
Ms Truss however, defended her decision as she stated that people should not be flying less to combat climate change.
Ms Truss said: ‘This is all about connectivity across the United Kingdom and making it easier for people to travel.
‘But the way to reduce climate emissions from flying isn’t to stop flying, it is to create the new generation of next technology which we are doing.
‘Whether that is using hydrogen, whether that is using electric power to power planes, that is the way of the future.’