The UK prime minister argues that his country is doing so well on climate that it will continue to succeed in the future, even with weaker policies.
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There are kernels of truth in that claim. The UK has been the most effective at cutting emissions among the Group of Seven since 1990. The nation, which has been ruled by Sunak’s Conservative Party since 2010, has consistently met the legal obligations that were enshrined in the Climate Change Act passed in 2008 when the opposition Labour Party was in power.
In hindsight, it’s clear that the first three carbon budgets were less ambitious than they could have been. The CCC corrected that when setting out the next three, which run until 2037 and which the body has warned the government is falling behind on. Meeting those targets is going to put a bigger burden on voters, as the focus shifts to adopting electric vehicles, replacing gas boilers with heat pumps, and eventually eating less red meat and flying less.
The Conservative Party “should be looking to build on its success and strengthen it, rather than weakening climate goals,” said Sam Hall, director of the think tank Conservative Environment Network. “There is a need to point to the economic benefits of net zero, through energy security and not having to rely on volatile fossil-fuel markets.”
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