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Green Alliance warns UK will miss emission targets

Mark Moran
30 December 2020
The UK Government has pledged new funding of £26bn since January 2020 for climate and nature over the course of the next parliament, including on low carbon transport, industrial decarbonisation and low carbon buildings. Taking into account these spending promises, the Green Alliance estimates that £22.7bn of additional spending will be needed every year to tackle the climate and nature emergency to the end of this parliament in 2024. This includes an additional £9bn a year on accelerating the transition to electric vehicles, and on walking, cycling, bus and rail infrastructure; £2.3bn a year on making buildings e cient and kickstarting the roll-out of electric heat pumps; £400m a year on establishing a resource efficiency programme for industry; and £6.6bn a year on nature restoration and establishing a world leading food, farming and fishing sector.
The UK Government has pledged new funding of £26bn since January 2020 for climate and nature over the course of the next parliament, including on low carbon transport, industrial decarbonisation and low carbon buildings. Taking into account these spending promises, the Green Alliance estimates that £22.7bn of additional spending will be needed every year to tackle the climate and nature emergency to the end of this parliament in 2024. This includes an additional £9bn a year on accelerating the transition to electric vehicles, and on walking, cycling, bus and rail infrastructure; £2.3bn a year on making buildings e cient and kickstarting the roll-out of electric heat pumps; £400m a year on establishing a resource efficiency programme for industry; and £6.6bn a year on nature restoration and establishing a world leading food, farming and fishing sector.

 

UK Government plans announced in 2020 add up to less than a quarter of the emissions cuts needed to achieve 2030 climate target, calculates an environmental think tank.

Government spending should follow suit to achieve UK climate goals, says the Green Alliance.

The think tank calculates that it will take an extra £22.7bn every year on top of the £21bn already committed until the end of this parliament in 2024. Most of this funding is needed to speed up changes to the...

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