The UK’s goal of tackling the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 is “too far away”, Allegra Stratton, the prime minister’s climate change spokesperson has said.
She stated the “science is clear” that the UK must change its carbon emission output “right now”.
She has encouraged people to “feel the fierce urgency of now”
Stratton said: “What I’m aware of is right now that we have a 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, we have FTSE 100 companies pledging to go net-zero, and not only that, but we also have the NHS and hospitals around the country saying, ‘You know what, we’ll have a go as well.’ And I feel at the point at which we can all of us see that we’re not doing it on our own, every part of society is moving in tandem towards this net zero in 2050 … but let’s be honest, that’s too far away."
Stratton said: “Net-zero is the glide path. What we have to be doing more quickly – the science is clear – we have to be changing our carbon emissions output right now so that we can stop temperature increase by 2030… We have to bring countries to Cop26 in November in Glasgow with real substantial plans.”
“Net zero by 2050 is the ultimate goal, but the Paris agreement signed by all countries in 2015 requires nations to come to Cop26 with targets to bring down their emissions this decade. If we are going to keep global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees – ‘keep 1.5 alive’ – we must reach net-zero by 2050 and act this decade.”
Dream on, Dream on.
UK’s net zero goal ‘too far away’, says No 10 climate spokesperson | Climate change | The Guardian
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