UK path to net zero: a COP 27 special

In a Committee Corridor special on COP27, Darren Jones reflects on the climate summit with Chris Stark, chief executive of the independent Climate Change Committee, which advises Government on the UK’s progress towards its legal target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

The public wants to see action, Chris Stark says. In a cost of living crisis, Government must move things around to suit the circumstances. “Investments in new technologies and “big savings for people in the economy” are parts of the “profoundly positive journey to net zero”, he said.

Following the insight interview with Chris Stark, Darren is joined by Philip Dunne, Conservative Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, and Liberal Democrat Peer and Chair of the Lords’ Environment and Climate Change Committee, Baroness Kate Parminter. They outline the practical recommendations their committees have been making to ministers through inquiries on energy efficiency and behaviour change for climate and environmental goals.

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