{"id":279561,"date":"2023-09-20T11:48:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=279561"},"modified":"2023-09-20T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:48:34","slug":"sunak-considering-weakening-key-net-zero-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=279561","title":{"rendered":"Sunak considering weakening key net zero\u00a0policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Funny how unpopularity and an approaching election year can have an effect even on climate-obsessed politicians who love fantasising about \u2018dealing with climate change\u2019.<\/em>
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Rishi Sunak is considering weakening some of the government\u2019s key green commitments in a major policy shift, says BBC News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could include delaying a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars and phasing out gas boilers, multiple sources have told the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PM is preparing to set out the changes in a speech in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no suggestion that Mr Sunak is considering abandoning the legal commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he is expected to declare that other countries need to bear more of the burden of dealing with climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Mr Sunak presses ahead with the plan it would represent a significant shift in the Conservative Party\u2019s approach to net zero policy, as well as establishing a clear dividing line with the Labour Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to multiple sources briefed on Downing Street\u2019s thinking, Mr Sunak would use the speech to hail the UK as a world leader on net zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he would also argue that Britain has over-delivered on confronting climate change and that other countries need to do more to pull their weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full article\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Funny how unpopularity and an approaching election year can have an effect even on climate-obsessed politicians who love fantasising about \u2018dealing with climate change\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":279565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818389,691818056,691818154,691822779,691818482,691818248],"class_list":{"0":"post-279561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-net-zero-policies","12":"tag-rishi-sunak","13":"tag-uk","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0net-zero-istock-1190148959.jpg?fit=2048%2C1299&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1aJ3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":279723,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=279723","url_meta":{"origin":279561,"position":0},"title":"Rishi Sunak Waters Down Net Zero\u00a0Pledges","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"21\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"But the PM has at last recognised the huge costs to ordinary people, and has decided to go for their vote.","rel":"","context":"In \"1% of global emissions\"","block_context":{"text":"1% of global emissions","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=1-of-global-emissions"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-21-101605.png?fit=1200%2C625&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-21-101605.png?fit=1200%2C625&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-21-101605.png?fit=1200%2C625&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-21-101605.png?fit=1200%2C625&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-21-101605.png?fit=1200%2C625&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":280702,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280702","url_meta":{"origin":279561,"position":1},"title":"The European rebellion against the Sacred Quest for NetZero spreads \u2014 Green investors \u201cshocked\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"27\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Green funds cartel is \u201cin shock\u201d sayth\u00a0Bloomberg, at the Sunak shift \u2014 so it must be pretty serious.\u00a0 Green investors are using the words \u201cdismay\u201d and \u201cbewilderment\u201d, which they almost never use. 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