In reaction to the Committee on Climate Change advice on the UK's
long-term climate change targets, Oxfam Director of Campaigns and
Policy Matthew Spencer said: "We welcome the advice today,
not least because it urges that we reach net-zero emissions without
the use of international offsets. This would invariably result in
poor farmers competing for land, thereby damaging food production
in areas where people are already going hungry. "We
wholeheartedly endorse the...Request free trial
In reaction to the Committee on Climate Change advice on the UK's
long-term climate change targets, Oxfam Director of Campaigns and
Policy Matthew Spencer said:
"We welcome the advice today, not least because it urges that we
reach net-zero emissions without the use of international offsets.
This would invariably result in poor farmers competing for land,
thereby damaging food production in areas where people are already
going hungry.
"We wholeheartedly endorse the recommendation that this target can
and should be met by reducing emissions within the UK. But with the
UK currently not on track to meet our current emissions targets,
the ambition to reach net-zero emissions will be meaningless unless
it is backed up by urgent policies that translate into immediate
action.
"The recent cyclones in Mozambique have illustrated once again that
despite having done the least to cause climate change, the world’s
poorest people are increasingly suffering the full, brutal force of
the consequences. The UK must now take decisive action to reduce
emissions across the board."
