1 week Ago By Jack Maidment
Sir Keir Starmer insisted he will not be “telling people how to live their lives” as part of the Government’s drive to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The Prime Minister is attending the Cop29 climate change summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, today and he will set out the UK’s new emissions reduction target. It is thought the Government will pledge to reduce emissions by 81 per cent compared with 1990 levels by 2035, in line with the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee.
The Prime Minister was asked this morning if he was prepared to ask more people to change their heating systems, tell them to take fewer flights and eat less meat to reach that target. “I’ll set out our goal later on today, but look, it will be ambitious, and that’s measured not by telling people what to do,” he said. “It’s measured by making sure that we get to clean power by 2030 – that’s the single most important target.
..” He said the new emissions target would be “difficult” but “achievable” and added: “But it’s not about telling people how to live their lives.
I’m not interested in that. I am interested in making sure that their energy bills are stable, that we’ve got energy independence, and that we also, along the way, pick up the next generation of jobs.” You can join the conversation in the comments section .
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