Greenpeace responds to Committee on Climate Change report

Responding to the latest Committee on Climate Change report John Sauven, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK said:

"The Committee on Climate Change has clearly thrown down the gauntlet to the government over delivering increased ambition.

The committee has spelt out that if we want to maintain our credibility and any leadership on climate then the government can no longer faff around with promises and half measures. It needs to have plausible, deliverable plans.

We might argue over the committee’s 2050 date for a net zero carbon economy but what nobody can argue is that the government’s business as usual, steady-as-she-goes approach will suffice.

We need to radically change course, and the sooner the better for the economy, people, and the rest of nature."

ENDS
 

Notes to editors

A link to the detailed Greenpeace UK Climate Emergency plan can be found here