> “The big issue is we need to reduce greenhouse gases now to even be on the pathway to be close to 1.5C or 2C. **We need to reduce current emissions by at least 50% by 2030.** The trouble is the emissions are still going up, they are not going down,” he said.
> He told the Today programme that setting targets was not enough and countries needed to back these up with action: “We need to try and hold governments to start to act sensibly now and reduce emissions, but **even governments with a really good target like the United Kingdom don’t have the policies in place, don’t have the financing in place to reach those goals**.”
> In March the UK’s watchdog on climate change, the UKCCC, said the UK had lost its leadership on climate issues. It said **the government’s backing of new oil and coal projects, airport expansion plans and slow progress on heat pumps showed a lack of urgency.**
> In response to comments from Lord Stern and Professor Sir Bob Watson, a government spokesperson said: “The UK is a world-leader on net zero, cutting emissions faster than any other G7 country and has attracted billions of investment into renewables, which now account for 40% of our electricity.”
> **But Lord Deben, who until last month was chair of the UKCCC, said the government was “entirely wrong”. Talking to BBC’s WATO programme he said that other countries like the US and China were moving much faster, and that the UK was setting “the worst possible example to the rest of the world”**
It has already. It was an agreement without any supporting laws, not a limit. Okay, then. It stinks
World will exceed the 3.0C warming limit, according to anyone with even a minimal level of brain function.
Please, Sherlock. Additionally, we will miss 2 degrees.
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> “The big issue is we need to reduce greenhouse gases now to even be on the pathway to be close to 1.5C or 2C. **We need to reduce current emissions by at least 50% by 2030.** The trouble is the emissions are still going up, they are not going down,” he said.
> He told the Today programme that setting targets was not enough and countries needed to back these up with action: “We need to try and hold governments to start to act sensibly now and reduce emissions, but **even governments with a really good target like the United Kingdom don’t have the policies in place, don’t have the financing in place to reach those goals**.”
> In March the UK’s watchdog on climate change, the UKCCC, said the UK had lost its leadership on climate issues. It said **the government’s backing of new oil and coal projects, airport expansion plans and slow progress on heat pumps showed a lack of urgency.**
> In response to comments from Lord Stern and Professor Sir Bob Watson, a government spokesperson said: “The UK is a world-leader on net zero, cutting emissions faster than any other G7 country and has attracted billions of investment into renewables, which now account for 40% of our electricity.”
> **But Lord Deben, who until last month was chair of the UKCCC, said the government was “entirely wrong”. Talking to BBC’s WATO programme he said that other countries like the US and China were moving much faster, and that the UK was setting “the worst possible example to the rest of the world”**
It has already. It was an agreement without any supporting laws, not a limit. Okay, then. It stinks
World will exceed the 3.0C warming limit, according to anyone with even a minimal level of brain function.
Please, Sherlock. Additionally, we will miss 2 degrees.