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By Peter Hanley-Walsh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Climate change is one of the most important issues facing the planet and almost all governments in developed nations are trying to implement policy to tackle it, with initiatives such as going carbon neutral in the next few decades and heavily subsidising renewable energy generation. However, there is currently little action being taken to tackle one of the World\u2019s worst offenders when it comes to pollution \u2013 the agriculture industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When it comes to agriculture, consumers do not appreciate the levels of emissions their animal-based products are responsible for because the prices are too low. Climate change represents a market failure issue, where the price of goods fails to reflect the true costs of their production, the responsibility for tackling this lies with the Market Regulator (the Government).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Global agriculture is responsible for 26% of greenhouse gas emissions, and beef and dairy alone are responsible for 65% of this. To put this into perspective; methane production from cattle accounts for emission levels equal to 1.5 billion cars, agriculture has a footprint equal to 2.4 billion cars \u2013 a shocking statistic considering there are only 1 billion cars in the world. If the government has announced initiatives to pull petroleum-fuelled vehicles from the UK\u2019s dealerships by 2035, why aren\u2019t we taking equally large measures with agriculture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I propose a policy initiative that tackles both the demand and supply issues we face when it comes to meat consumption\/production; duty and licensing. These are not radically new concepts and we interact with goods that are levied with such instruments every day, they are also an incredibly powerful way of shifting consumption patterns toward more socially responsible behaviour without banning products or appealing to altruism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n