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then the more that we can make these decisions in a positive manner. here s a controversial question coming up, rosie, let me put this to you. on the back of the latest report, douglas in lithgow asks should the british government now stop further expansion of airports and stop hs2, which is destroying green fields and forests? thank you for the question. the point around airports first, people may be aware that taking a flight is one of the quickest ways to release a huge amount of carbon into the atmosphere, and certainly on an individual level, this is one of the big ticket items. and i think when it comes to individual projects around airport expansion, what we need to sort of take a step back and think really carefully about is what kind of message are these decisions sending out? so, regardless of the sort of individual pluses and minuses of projects, are we sending out a message that, you know, not only can we carry on with high carbon emitting
to funding more walking, cycling and public transport at local level, as well, and giving local authorities the tools to make the decisions to encourage those sorts of changes in our travel behaviour. so, we are seeing things moving in the right direction, but it has been very frustrating that for so long the incentives have been there to encourage us to drive. and as she flags, it s notjust about climate, this is about our health as well, actually. because the more we re driving, the more we re polluting our air in the cities, so there s an air pollution problem, but also we re not getting enough exercise and so on. so, i think they re sort of win wins in terms of both the environment and our health if we get out of our cars. rosie, i was going to pick up on that, quite interesting about the link between climate policy, about saving the planet and our prospects on the planet, but also things like our health in a much broader sense. lorraine talked about shifting away from a red meat a
because it includes some of the things you might not immediately think of, things like contacting your mp or your local councillor to push for change so that we have these changes in the laws, the regulations that we ve just been talking about. our conversation with work colleagues, family, friends, to try and encourage other people to take action as well so that low carbon lifestyles actually become more normal, so we don t think of it as being a weird thing, actually everybody s doing this. there are loads of resources online, so do as much as you can. do your searches! professor lorraine whitmarsh, dr rosie robison, thank you so much to you both for answering all of those questions.