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THE REPORT WAS CHANGED TO REFER TO ‘UNABATED’ EMISSIONS
UK ‘TOO SLOW’ OVER CLIMATE

CRISIS DESPITE STARK IPCC REPORT

THE UK GOVERNMENT is moving too actions are unlikely to meet its own and aviation. And full implementation
slowly to tackle the climate emergency, carbon reduction targets, let alone of policies by 2024 (as recommended by
leading scientists have said in the those set by the IPCC. the Climate Change Committee) seems
wake of the latest IPCC report. “Utility companies are still contacting questionable.”
While the report warned that global me about replacing my gas boiler The report, stark as it is, was watered
emissions must peak by 2025 to stave with a new gas boiler – no mention of down after an intervention by Saudi
off the worst impacts of the climate heat pumps. Will this approach allow Arabia, according to Climate Home.
crisis, which would require decisive and 600,000 new installations per year by After input by the major oil producer,
immediate action from all countries, 2028, as hoped by the government? sources told the website that references
scientists say they are concerned the “Grants to electric cars, £4,500 a few to carbon capture technology were
UK government is dragging its feet, years ago, are now £1,500 and now only added. These methods remain unproven
according to The Guardian. for those below £32k, with grants to at commercial scale but could give a
Ajay Gambhir, a Senior Research Fellow home chargers about to be cut as well. reprieve to the fossil fuel industry.
at the Imperial College London Grantham “The government’s net zero strategy Compared to earlier drafts, references
Institute for Climate Change and the of autumn 2021 has several good ideas to shifting away from coal, oil and
Environment, warned: “It’s 1,013 days to develop renewables, hydrogen, gas were qualified with the word
since the UK government legislated for net carbon capture, low carbon heating, “unabated” and “fossil fuels with
zero… we’re not seeing translation of this transport and industrial manufacturing. carbon capture and storage” was
into on-the-ground measures fast enough.” “But there’s basically nothing on identified as a way to cut emissions in
He added that the government’s behaviour changes, e.g., around diets line with global climate goals.

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