Topic: | Re: And the elephant in the room... | |
Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
Date/Time: | 07/09/20 15:34:00 |
The government has no plan to reach its own “net zero” climate target despite having written it into law last year, experts have warned. The Institute for Government, a think-tank, said that "leadership has been lacking" and that the legal and political commitment had yet to translate into serious policy changes, with the clock ticking. In June last year, Theresa May's government committed the UK to reaching carbon neutral emissions by 2050, amending the earlier climate change act that included a less ambitious commitment. Boris Johnson has said he is committed to the policy. But academics studying the government's approach accuse it of having "balked at measures that risk public opposition" and said ministers had not yet broken from a "business as usual" approach. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/net-zero-climate-change-target-plan-uk-2050-boris-johnson-b404642.html |