Climate Changed
U.K. Pledge for Net Zero Fossil Fuel Pollution Is a First for G7
- Britons would need to fly less, eat less meat, use clean cars
- Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to enshrine target in law
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Britain is to become the first major economy to adopt laws that require a cut emissions from fossil fuels and other greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 to fight climate change.
Prime Minister Theresa May said legislation to wipe out the U.K.’s net contribution to rising global temperatures will be put to members of Parliament, endorsing a report from advisers that laid out what a carbon neutral future would have to look like. The radical move recommended by the government’s climate-change adviser has won backing from across the political spectrum even as debate about leaving the European Union roiled U.K. lawmakers.