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THE government’s draft law to tackle climate change is “not fit for purpose” and contains “glaring oversights,” according to a cross-party group of MPs tasked with scrutinising the Environment Bill.
If passed, the law will give ministers until 2037 to meet carbon reduction targets — which Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee said today is “too little too late.”
The group, led by Labour’s Mary Creagh, is also concerned that the planned Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will lack independence and be vulnerable to political interference.
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results