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A8 WORLD NEWS
Friday 3 May 2019
UK climate panel sets big goals: less meat, electric cars

By DANICA KIRKA London and put the issue
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. squarely on Britain's politi-
should eliminate almost all cal agenda.
greenhouse gas emissions Parliament voted Wednes-
by 2050 by rapidly adopt- day for a non-binding mo-
ing policies that will change tion from the main oppo-
everything from the way sition Labour Party urging
people heat their homes to Britain to declare a "climate
what they eat, an indepen- emergency."
dent committee that ad- Some activists have called
vises the British government for Britain to set a 2025 tar-
on climate change recom- get for net-zero emissions.
mended Thursday. The committee said it con-
A report from the Commit- sidered earlier net-zero tar-
tee on Climate Change get dates, but 2050 was the
said the government must most credible goal.
adopt ambitious goals if it "An earlier date has been
wants to be a leader in the proposed by some groups
fight against global warm- and might send a stron-
ing and limit the impact of ger signal internationally to
climate change. those considering increas-
While Britain has laid the ing their own ambition, but
groundwork to achieve In this Friday, April 12, 2019 file photo, climate change demonstrators hold banners in front of the only if it's viewed as cred-
net-zero emissions of green- Winston Churchill Statue during a protest near Parliament in London. ible," the panel said.
house gases, existing plans Associated Press Environmentalists at the
"must be urgently strength- National Trust, the Royal
ened" because "current and set ambitious targets climate is changing and it proposals could be seen as Society for the Protec-
policy is not enough even for carbon capture and needs a serious response," daunting to some business- tion of Birds, the WWF and
for existing targets," the storage. committee chairman John es and the government. the Women's Institute and
committee said. It also calls for reduced Gummer said. "The govern- Prime Minister Theresa Woodland Trust said the
The panel says the govern- consumption of meat and ment should accept the May is under pressure to panel's work showed that
ment should reduce the dairy products, changes in recommendations and set act more boldly on cli- reaching net-zero emissions
demand for energy overall, how farmers operate and a about making the changes mate change after a visit is both necessary and fea-
increase the electrification requirement for electric ve- needed to deliver them by teenage climate ac- sible.The government said
of the British economy, de- hicles to be the only option without delay." tivist Greta Thunberg and it would respond to the
velop hydrogen fuel tech- by 2035. Environmental groups wel- 10 days of protests that recommendations "in due
nology, plant more trees "We can all see that the comed the findings, but the shut down traffic in central course."q

Anti-migrant politicians bond at razor

wire fence in Hungary

mainly on immigration. Or-
ban met Salvini at the bor-
der with Serbia where he
had the fences built in 2015
to keep out asylum-seekers
hoping to reach Europe.
The Hungarian leader reit-
erated his grievance that
Hungary spent over 1 bil-
lion euros ($1.1 billion) on
the fence without receiv-
ing money from the EU in
return.
In this handout photo provided by the Hungarian Prime Minis- He called for migration is-
ter's Press Office shows Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, sues to be taken away from
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, Hungarian Interior Minister the EU's executive branch
Sandor Pinter during their visit at the Hungarian-Serbian border
near Roszke, 180 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Thurs- and given to a council of
day, May 2, 2019. interior ministers from the 26
Associated Press countries in Europe's visa-
free Schengen travel zone.
By PABLO GORONDI European Union's handling "Europe's citizens will do
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) of the influx as countries well if they listen not to
— Two of Europe's most prepare for EU parliament President Macron, but to
outspoken critics of recent elections. Hungary and Italy on the
mass migration toured ra- Italian Interior Minister Mat- issue of border defense,"
zor-wire fences at Hunga- teo Salvini visited Hungary Orban said, referring to the
ry's southern border Thurs- for talks with Prime Minis- staunchly pro-EU leader of
day while criticizing the ter Viktor Orban focused France.q