UK Conservative Party Vows to Scrap the Climate Change Act

The UK’s opposition Conservative Party plans to scrap the Climate Change Act if it returns to power, the latest indication that the longstanding political consensus on climate action in Britain has shattered.

The act was first passed by a Labour government with cross-party support in 2008 and strengthened under Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May to set a legally binding target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch now says that the emission regulations have become too burdensome for consumers and are hurting economic growth.