The UK Parliament has taken the unprecedented step of declaring an “environment and climate emergency” this week at the same time as it was urged by the country’s Committee on Climate Change to adopt a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target for 2050 “as soon as possible.”
A lack of government action on climate change is putting the United Kingdom’s transition to a resilient, low-carbon economy in danger of being derailed, according to a new warning voiced this week by the country’s Committee on Climate Change.
The UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, RenewableUK, has replied to comments made in the media by Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, criticising his assessment of the role onshore wind energy is playing and will play in the effort to reach the country’s 2020 renewable energy targets. In … [continued]
