Half of Britons too worried about cost of living to consider climate change
1 year, 6 months ago

Half of Britons too worried about cost of living to consider climate change

The Telegraph  

More than half of British people are too concerned about the cost of living to worry about climate change, a new poll suggests. ‘Nonsensical rabbit hole’ Mr Mackinlay said: “I am not at all surprised that polling shows the British public, now facing the reality of net zero costs, becoming lukewarm to the project. It’s little wonder the public are asking ‘why’?” Rachel Brisley, head of energy and environment at Ipsos UK, said the research “starkly illustrates the reality of balancing the energy trilemma of security, affordability and sustainability”. “The cost of living crisis remains top of mind for the British public, impacting their ability to take action to reduce climate change even though most would like to do more,” she said. “Balancing these concerns will continue to be a challenge for policymakers as well as the public as we transition towards net zero.” ‘The UK is a world leader’ A Government spokesman said: “We know families are concerned about the cost of living and we provided nearly £40 billion to cover around half a typical household’s energy bill last winter.

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The global far right are weaponising net zero – and we’ll all suffer
1 month, 1 week ago

The global far right are weaponising net zero – and we’ll all suffer

The Independent  

Last month was the hottest January on record – the latest in a string of terrifying broken records – and this weekend marks the first anniversary of global temperatures passing the crucial 1.5C limit across a whole year. These numbers might feel abstract, but what they mean for people across the world couldn’t be clearer: floods killing hundreds in Spain, …

Revealed: Eyewatering £37BILLION cost of Ed Miliband's green crusade to make Britain Net Zero by 2029
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: Eyewatering £37BILLION cost of Ed Miliband's green crusade to make Britain Net Zero by 2029

Daily Mail  

Ed Miliband's spending spree to make Britain achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by the next general election in 2029 will cost a staggering £37billion in public money, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Pictured: Ed Miliband with Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar at the Port of Greenock Ministers are also drawing up plans to subsidise the cost of fitting solar …

How many more hurricanes will it take for us to wake up to the climate crisis?
5 months ago

How many more hurricanes will it take for us to wake up to the climate crisis?

The Independent  

It took a dangerous category 3 hurricane in Florida to force climate change onto some, but not all, newspaper front pages. Climate change is genuine – there’s no denying that – but let’s be real about so-called “net zero”. “Based in 55 Tufton Street, Westminster, the GWPF is the UK’s leading climate science denial group,” reports DeSmog. Badenoch has previously …

Rishi Sunak’s net zero targets are ‘path to ruin’, says leading Tory MP
1 year, 1 month ago

Rishi Sunak’s net zero targets are ‘path to ruin’, says leading Tory MP

The Telegraph  

Mr Sunak has faced growing unrest among Tory backbenchers over the cost of green policies at a time when the party is trailing in the polls. The Prime Minister pledged a “more pragmatic, proportionate, and realistic approach to meeting net zero that eases the burdens on working people” in a speech last September. End the chimera of ‘green jobs’ tomorrow …

Revealed: Millions of children at risk from killer mould
1 year, 3 months ago

Revealed: Millions of children at risk from killer mould

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said that “too many children are living in damp, …

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries
1 year, 3 months ago

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries

The Independent  

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UK must ‘double down’ on climate leadership at Cop28, MPs say
1 year, 4 months ago

UK must ‘double down’ on climate leadership at Cop28, MPs say

The Independent  

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UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’
1 year, 4 months ago

UK ‘must invest more in climate adaptation amid whiplash of flood and droughts’

The Independent  

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Net zero policy changes to cost drivers and renters more money, say advisers
1 year, 5 months ago

Net zero policy changes to cost drivers and renters more money, say advisers

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Around a fifth of the required emissions reductions to 2030 are covered by plans that we assess as insufficient …

Rishi Sunak's own climate advisers say his net zero rollback will cost people more
1 year, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak's own climate advisers say his net zero rollback will cost people more

The Telegraph  

Household energy bills could be higher as a result of the Government’s rollback of net zero policies, its own climate change advisers have said. A Government spokesman said: “We are taking a fairer and more pragmatic approach to meeting net zero that eases burdens on families – saving households up to £15,000 on upfront costs to upgrade their homes.” ‘UK’s …

Environmentalist plot legal challenge to Rishi Sunak's green U-turn on cars and boilers after he accuses them of not caring about the £15,000 cost to families of Net Zero plans
1 year, 5 months ago

Environmentalist plot legal challenge to Rishi Sunak's green U-turn on cars and boilers after he accuses them of not caring about the £15,000 cost to families of Net Zero plans

Daily Mail  

Environmentalists and leftwing activists will try to scupper the Prime Minister's plan to reduce the financial impact of climate change policies on families. Rishi Sunak said people with 'more ideological zeal' about climate change 'just don't care about the impact on families' The Good Law Project, which is headed by Remain-supporter Jolyon Maugham, has warned, in a letter to Energy …

Rishi Sunak defends U.K. climate policy U-turn amid international criticism
1 year, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak defends U.K. climate policy U-turn amid international criticism

NPR  

Rishi Sunak defends U.K. climate policy U-turn amid international criticism Enlarge this image toggle caption ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — Amid growing international criticism, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended watering down key U.K. climate policies. But his government's own climate adviser called the prime minister's assertion that the U.K. would still …

Rishi Sunak is acting out of desperation with little advantage
1 year, 5 months ago

Rishi Sunak is acting out of desperation with little advantage

The Independent  

The egregious decision by Rishi Sunak to push back net zero is just part one of a strategy – one made in desperation – to remain in power after the next election. We suffer daily reports of chaos and failure from the government, and the latest disgraceful move from Rishi Sunak, postponing environmental protection measures, plunges us into further dismay. …

Scottish Government ‘urgently’ assessing impact of climate climbdowns – minister
1 year, 5 months ago

Scottish Government ‘urgently’ assessing impact of climate climbdowns – minister

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Scottish Government is “urgently” assessing the effect north of …

What Sunak’s net zero U-turn means for the UK’s climate goals
1 year, 5 months ago

What Sunak’s net zero U-turn means for the UK’s climate goals

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He said these measures imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people, a claim climate experts strongly refute, and said the …

Sunak’s claim UK can hit net zero despite rollback branded ‘wishful thinking’
1 year, 5 months ago

Sunak’s claim UK can hit net zero despite rollback branded ‘wishful thinking’

The Independent  

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The UK Is Burning Climate Pledges to Fuel a Culture War
55 years, 2 months ago

The UK Is Burning Climate Pledges to Fuel a Culture War

Wired  

The UK government has taken the unusual step of scaling back major climate commitments, despite widespread pushback from scientists, businesses, and lawmakers across the political divide. In a speech today, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the UK would push back deadlines for the planned phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, ending fossil-fuel heating in homes not connected to the natural-gas grid, and …

What is net zero and how will it affect the public?
1 year, 5 months ago

What is net zero and how will it affect the public?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Prime Minister has announced a set of delays to key climate policies designed to …

I’m finally saying what I’ve been told not to say about climate change
1 year, 5 months ago

I’m finally saying what I’ve been told not to say about climate change

The Independent  

For more than three decades I have asked environmentalists if they are optimistic about tackling these vast problems: climate change, ocean acidification, nutrification of the seas, persistent chemicals, plastic waste, biodiversity, antibiotic resistance. The UN’s Antonio Guterres has warned that rich nations such as the UK should aim for net zero by 2040 rather than 2050, and many scientists say …

UK leader Rishi Sunak signals plan to backtrack on some climate goals
1 year, 5 months ago

UK leader Rishi Sunak signals plan to backtrack on some climate goals

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of …

Sunak announces U-turn on several UK net zero policies
1 year, 5 months ago

Sunak announces U-turn on several UK net zero policies

Al Jazeera  

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pushes back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the UK from 2030 to 2035. The UK will water down policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and instead pursue a “pragmatic” approach to hitting the target, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. ‘I believe in net …

Sunak to water down net zero commitments to ensure they are ‘proportionate’
1 year, 5 months ago

Sunak to water down net zero commitments to ensure they are ‘proportionate’

The Independent  

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Any attempt to politicise climate action would be a ‘mistake,’ Tory MP says
1 year, 6 months ago

Any attempt to politicise climate action would be a ‘mistake,’ Tory MP says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Asked if the Conservative Party could row back on its net zero stance ahead of the election, Mr Skidmore …

UK path to net zero ‘at risk unless Government prioritises public engagement’
1 year, 6 months ago

UK path to net zero ‘at risk unless Government prioritises public engagement’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The time to start driving this is now Rachael Orr, Climate Outreach In a report published on Tuesday the …

Rishi Sunak Backs New UK Oil, Gas Exploration Amid Cost-of-Living Crisis in UK
1 year, 7 months ago

Rishi Sunak Backs New UK Oil, Gas Exploration Amid Cost-of-Living Crisis in UK

News 18  

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed plans to permit new fossil fuel exploration off Britain’s coast, as he pledged to be “pragmatic and proportionate” about achieving net zero in an interview published Saturday. “I think it makes absolutely no sense, as the Labour Party is suggesting, to ban North Sea oil and gas,” Sunak told the Tory-supporting newspaper, referring to …

Rising temperatures ‘likely to be beneficial’ for Britain, says Lord Frost
1 year, 7 months ago

Rising temperatures ‘likely to be beneficial’ for Britain, says Lord Frost

The Independent  

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Rishi Sunak’s net zero plans in doubt as key green pledges face being scrapped
1 year, 7 months ago

Rishi Sunak’s net zero plans in doubt as key green pledges face being scrapped

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Downing Street was forced to insist its pledge to reach net zero by 2050 “remains”, but the prime minister’s …

PM told to ‘rethink’ green targets as ministers vow to shield public from costs
1 year, 7 months ago

PM told to ‘rethink’ green targets as ministers vow to shield public from costs

The Independent  

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Sunak’s ‘lackadaisical’ approach to climate criticised by experts
1 year, 7 months ago

Sunak’s ‘lackadaisical’ approach to climate criticised by experts

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak has been warned the UK is being seen internationally as a “laggard” on …

UK failing to meet net zero targets, government’s own climate watchdog warns
1 year, 8 months ago

UK failing to meet net zero targets, government’s own climate watchdog warns

The Independent  

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Climate advisers lose confidence in Government’s net zero plans
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate advisers lose confidence in Government’s net zero plans

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became …

‘Damning’ report shows Government failing on net zero, say MPs and campaigners
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Damning’ report shows Government failing on net zero, say MPs and campaigners

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK risks failing on decarbonisation targets as well as losing its place as a …

What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century, According to the IEA
1 year, 10 months ago

What’s Needed to Reach Net-Zero This Century, According to the IEA

Bloomberg  

Clean energy has become so inexpensive, and climate policy aspirations so common, that together they can potentially lower projected global warming to 1.7C above pre-industrial levels in 2100, according to the International Energy Agency. Despite a temporary drop at the height of the pandemic in 2020, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to a record high of 36.8 billion metric …

If you think net zero is expensive, wait until you see the cost of the climate crisis
1 year, 11 months ago

If you think net zero is expensive, wait until you see the cost of the climate crisis

The Independent  

Going green will “destroy our economy” – at least, according to some commentary in recent days. However, Britain’s largest asset manager – which is well-informed on the economic impacts of rising sea levels, droughts, bad harvests, floods and other extreme weather events – makes clear in a report that cost will be reduced if we act to address the cause …

Powering Up Britain: All we know about the government’s new net zero plan
1 year, 11 months ago

Powering Up Britain: All we know about the government’s new net zero plan

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK has set out new net zero plans to boost energy security and reduce …

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action
2 years, 2 months ago

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action

Al Jazeera  

Rising cost of living, energy and food supply crunches, and heavy national debt threaten to thwart the collective will needed to address the climate crisis, new report says. Climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the World Economic Forum said …

Sir Patrick Vallance issues warning over net-zero goal
2 years, 3 months ago

Sir Patrick Vallance issues warning over net-zero goal

The Independent  

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COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 3 months ago

COP 27: Where will the funds for mitigation and adaptation come from? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The 27th summit of the Conference of Parties in Egypt comes on the back of extreme weather events that seem like a trailer of the climate catastrophe that awaits the planet: epic floods in Pakistan, heat waves in Europe, wildfires in Australia, to name a few. Developing counties need about $2 trillion annually to cut their greenhouse emissions so that …

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding
2 years, 4 months ago

Fears UK will break climate crisis pledge for poor nations after failure to reveal funding

The Independent  

Ministers have been told to come clean on suspicions the UK will break promises to fund climate crisis help for poorer nations, after failing to set out what money is being provided. Campaigners said Rishi Sunak, as he arrives in Egypt, must reveal how much is being provided in so-called “international climate finance”, to help developing countries cope with the …

What will Rishi Sunak as prime minister mean for the climate?
2 years, 4 months ago

What will Rishi Sunak as prime minister mean for the climate?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Sunak’s record on climate action has been described as “mixed.” As an MP he has “almost always” voted …

UK well off track to meet 2030s carbon-cutting goals, official figures project
2 years, 4 months ago

UK well off track to meet 2030s carbon-cutting goals, official figures project

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the light of the new data, senior climate lawyer for environmental law charity Sam Hunter Jones said: “These …

Truss energy plan ‘shows government doesn’t understand climate crisis’
2 years, 5 months ago

Truss energy plan ‘shows government doesn’t understand climate crisis’

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the drive for more oil and gas production was “completely at odds” with the UK’s legally binding net-zero …

New PM faces UK’s worst income squeeze for a century, think tank warns
2 years, 6 months ago

New PM faces UK’s worst income squeeze for a century, think tank warns

The Independent  

Britain faces the “terrifying” prospect of the biggest squeeze in living standards for a century, a new report has warned. An “unprecedented two-decade-long wage depression” looms as roaring inflation will wipe out years of anaemic wage growth by the middle of next year, the Resolution Foundation think tank predicts. “That’s not right and we should exceptionally tax those and help …

Government ‘not taking cost of living crisis seriously’
2 years, 7 months ago

Government ‘not taking cost of living crisis seriously’

The Telegraph  

More than two in five people believe the Government is not taking the cost of living crisis seriously despite almost two-thirds of the public already struggling to pay energy bills, a new poll reveals. Asked how seriously the Government was taking the crisis, 36 per cent said “seriously” but 43 per cent said “not seriously”. The poll also suggested support …

This is what Conservative voters want to see on the climate crisis
2 years, 7 months ago

This is what Conservative voters want to see on the climate crisis

The Independent  

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Don’t ditch net zero, UK’s top businesses warn Tory candidates
2 years, 8 months ago

Don’t ditch net zero, UK’s top businesses warn Tory candidates

The Independent  

Britain’s top business leaders have urged the Conservative leadership candidates hoping to succeed Boris Johnson not to ditch or backslide on the government’s net zero climate commitments. It comes as MPs and peers warn that “siren voices” from net zero sceptics on the Tory backbenches are hoping to move leadership hopefuls away from policies aimed at tackling climate change. He …

Enjoying the sunshine? Here’s why you really shouldn’t be
2 years, 8 months ago

Enjoying the sunshine? Here’s why you really shouldn’t be

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following the hunger strike outside Westminster by concerned citizen Angus Rose, the climate change APPG, of which I am …

The government risks failing to deliver net zero
2 years, 8 months ago

The government risks failing to deliver net zero

The Independent  

It does not look good. “Across the board there are serious gaps,” Climate Change Chairman, Lord Deben, said in a briefing on the government’s progress toward net zero on Wednesday. “Under the present proposals we don’t believe that you can reach the statutory, the legal, targets which we need to reach.” The committee, which was set up under the 2008 …

‘Major failures’ in govt plans to meet net zero climate goals, says advisory body
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Major failures’ in govt plans to meet net zero climate goals, says advisory body

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “Major failures” in the government’s delivery of plans to meet UK climate goals means it …

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