CCC progress report - Greenpeace response

In response to the Climate Change Committee’s 2023 report to Parliament on progress in reducing emissions, Rebecca Newsom, Head of Politics for Greenpeace UK, said –

“There’s almost no progress in this progress report, just a pitiful catalogue of Rishi Sunak’s climate failures. The same government that promised to deliver the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on earth is now turbocharging fossil fuel expansion while actively blocking renewables and neglecting home insulation, public transport and an ageing power grid. Sunak is snubbing the solutions that can give us lower bills, warmer homes and a safer climate, while cheerleading for the oil giants making billions from climate destruction and people's hardship. Whose side is he on?

"With their disposable green pledges, the prime minister and his predecessors have hoodwinked an entire generation while leaving the next one with a much steeper mountain to climb. As extreme weather worsens and public concern grows, Sunak’s poor track record on climate may well come back to bite him at the next election.”