Incorporating the societal cost of greenhouse gases into the price of foods could save lives from cardiovascular disease and cancer in England: a comparative risk assessment modelling study

Background Climate change has been described as ‘the biggest global health threat of the 21st century’. Taxation based on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a potential mechanism for internalising the wider costs of climate change to society. We ask whether such a tax on UK food and drink would have...

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Main Authors: Briggs, A, Kehlbacher, A, Tiffin, R, Garnett, T, Rayner, M, Scarborough, P
Format: Journal article
Published: 2016