Climate Politics
Sunak Signals Readiness to Soften Green Policies After Election
- Conservative MPs calling for re-think on environmental policy
- But some Tory politicians have criticized Sunak’s commitment
Rishi Sunak on July 24.
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Rishi Sunak said he would delay or abandon environment policies if they led to direct costs on consumers, as senior Conservatives pressure his UK government to rethink its strategy following elections last week.
“We’re going to make progress toward net zero,” Sunak told reporters on Monday when asked about the 2050 target to effectively end net carbon emissions. “But we’re going to do that in a proportionate and pragmatic a way that doesn’t unnecessarily give people more hassle and more costs in their lives — that’s not what I’m interested in and prepared to do.”