{"id":35331,"date":"2023-01-13T17:22:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35331"},"modified":"2023-01-13T17:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T17:22:23","slug":"net-zero-climate-action-delay-will-hurt-economy-tory-mps-review-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35331","title":{"rendered":"Net zero: Climate action delay will hurt economy, Tory MP\u2019s review says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The BBC reports that a Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore,\u00a0 in a report commissioned by former prime minister Liz Truss, argues that delaying climate action risks damaging the UK’s economic prospects.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 UK is \u2018falling behind\u2019 on some targets and needs a \u2018new approach\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

BBC writes:<\/p>\n

The report by Chris Skidmore says the government’s climate policies need to be more consistent and ambitious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The UK is “falling behind” on some targets and needs a “new approach”, the report says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It calls for 25 actions within two years, including food eco-labelling, and phasing out gas boilers by 2033.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Skidmore – the Tory MP who wrote the report – was commissioned by former prime minister Liz Truss to review the government’s delivery of net zero, to ensure it was “pro-growth and pro-business”….<\/p>\n

…. Green MP Caroline Lucas said the review itself shied away from calling for “truly transformative measures to end our dependence on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels”…..<\/p>\n

…The review – a leaked copy of which was seen by the BBC ahead of its publication ….outlines 25 actions the government should take in the next two years…..<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n

For more background see the BBC News item<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BBC reports that a Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore,\u00a0 in a report commissioned by former prime minister Liz Truss, argues that delaying climate action risks damaging the UK’s economic prospects. image:\u00a0 for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35332,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35331\/revisions\/35332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}