Controversy is growing in the UK over the intention, attributed to Rishi Sunak’s government in a BBC preview and actually confirmed by the Tory Prime Minister, to water down the previously announced interim roadmap for commitments to reach the zero carbon emissions target by 2050 internationally in response to the climate change alarms.
The Prime Minister is planning a speech this week, perhaps as early as today, to define the planned changes in the strategy: including a postponement of the final ban on the production and sale in the Kingdom of petrol or diesel-powered vehicles from the 2030 deadline, which Under the leadership of Boris Johnson on the sidelines of CoP26 in Glasgow, the climate from 2021 to 2035 was set.
Meanwhile, in a written statement sent to the BBC, in light of the increasing indiscretions, Sunak confirmed that he wanted to intervene in the dossier for the good (in his mind) in the face of a changing economic scenario at global and national levels. opinion) of companies and citizens. Maintaining the final commitment to reach the zero emissions target “in 2050”, but – as he wrote – in a “more proportionate” and differently phased way.
Words that were immediately criticized not only by the Labor opposition or by members of the Tory majority more sensitive to green politics, such as Alok Sharma, a former minister in the Johnson government and former president of CoP26, but also by the Organization of the British car manufacturers themselves, which is doubtful concerns or reversal can create uncertainty. While Ford UK, through its president Lisa Brankin, went a step further: “Our business,” Brankin broke off, publicly commenting on the intentions attributed to Sunak, “needs three things from the British government: ambition, commitment, coherence. And a relaxation. “The 2030 deadline would undermine all three.”
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