Thread by @eegarnett89

I am over the moon we're on the front cover of @bmj_latest !
Our article: How could we enable low carbon behaviours to reach #NetZero for food & transport?*
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*more plant-based diets, active travel & public transport; less driving.
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💡Diet and land travel are key sectors for health and sustainability
⛽️Food production is 26% and land travel 12% of global GHG emissions
⚰️Outdoor air pollution leads to more deaths than HIV&malaria combined:
nature.com/articles/natur…
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Current govt policies are insufficient to rapidly decarbonise & reach #NetZero
We need policies led by evidence and citizens' values. Citizens' assemblies often recommend more ambitious climate policies than govts'.

climatechangenews.com/2021/01/12/fre…
@CEEbill_NOW /3

What are some of the changes we need to reach #NetZero land travel?
💸Low cost public transport
🛢️Remove fossil fuel subsidies
🚌Frequent, reliable, integrated public transport networks
♿️Wheelchairs, bikes, pushchairs access on buses&trams&trains
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Transport changes continued!
🛑Low traffic neighbourhoods
💶Congestion zone charging
🚴‍♀️More, safer bike and walking routes
🔒Secure bike storage
🚵Subsidies and better financing for electric and cargo bikes
See our paper for evidence and examples: ow.ly/urXc50Gm1f3 /5

For #NetZero diets?
⬇️Reduce prices of healthy plant-based foods
🥦More veg and fewer meat options on menus
👀Prominent positioning for healthy plant-based options
⬇️Reduce portion&package sizes of ultra processed foods, meat and dairy
🐄Remove livestock subsidies

We focus on social innovation and behaviour change in these recommendations.
Technological innovation is important, but will be insufficient by itself for rapid decarbonisation.
We need demand side, not just supply side solutions, see: nature.com/articles/s4155…
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Some people don't like the idea we need behaviour change to decarbonise.
I understand the reluctance, but let's remember how much recent behaviour change is *increasing* emissions. Such as SUV sales and aviation soaring.
theguardian.com/environment/ng… /8

As climate activists have warned us for years, we need to somehow protect #NetZero policies from corporate lobbying.
@exxonmobil spilled to @UE @Greenpeace how they block climate policies. Watch it, it's jaw dropping:tinyurl.com/h3auhvpr
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@bmj_latest @MarteauTM @NickJChater It also feels appropriate that it arrived on the same day I helped lead a local #WorldClimateMarch
Activism and academia go hand in hand for me. How can you carry out research on the severity of the climate&nature crises, and not campaign for action?
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@MelHorrocks, you can now tell @AndyBurnhamGM that a British Medical Journal article agrees with you! 😉
Bikes on trams would improve public transport, help us reach #netzero travel & make travel more accessible.
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@bmj_latest @MarteauTM @NickJChater Glad to represent @CamZoology @cisl_nature @cisl_cambridge & @GlobalFood_Camb
Also of possible interest to @LEAP_Oxford @RSPBScience @Rare_org @defaultveg @B_I_Tweets @HSIGlobal @LevelBoarding @London_Cycling @camcycle
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