Rachel Reeves comments on Government’s failure to act to get carbon emissions reductions on track

Chair of (BEIS) Committee comments on the publication of the Committee on Climate Change’s annual progress report

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-energy-industrial-strategy/news-parliament-2017/climate-change-progress-report-chairs-comments-17-19/http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-energy-industrial-strategy/news-parliament-2017/climate-change-progress-report-chairs-comments-17-19/
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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Climate change policy, Climate change in the United Kingdom, Carbon dioxide, Climate change in Australia, Committee on Climate Change, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Climate change
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  • The Governments recent commitment to reducing the UKs carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 was welcome but targets are meaningless if not matched by concrete action.
  • This latest CCC report shows the Government has failed dismally to back up its rhetoric with ambitious policies which deliver the cuts in emissions the UK needs to achieve.
  • The costs of inaction, for our economy, for our environment, and for our health, are too great for the UK Government to lag behind.
  • The Government needs to get the UK back on track and come forward with the policies, actions and regulations needed to achieve the more ambitious target of net zero emissions by 2050.
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