Campaigners have hit out at the UK government over its assessment of a looming free trade deal with Australia, which critics say ignored the full climate impact of meat farming and consumption. Activists from the NGO Feedback launched a formal legal challenge against the UK government, arguing that it risked breaching its international climate commitments by failing to properly assess the deal's environmental impacts. The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement which takes effect at the end of the month, giving Australian producers better access to the UK market to sell beef, lamb and dairy products.

(Isabella Kaminski)