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UK govt resisting calls to declare ‘climate emergency’

Business Green 1st May 2019 , The government is today expected to resist fresh calls for it to declare a’climate emergency’, after Michael Gove indicated that more agreement was
across government before Defra could back a formal ‘climate
emergency’.

Gove yesterday met with representatives from the Extinction
Rebellion group who later described themselves as “disappointed” at the
lack of firm commitments from the Environment Secretary on how he plans to
accelerate the UK’s decarbonisation efforts. The group expressed
frustration at the government’s continued failure to declare a ‘climate
emergency’ and insisted that their campaign of peaceful civil disobedience
would continue.

Later today the High Court is expected to rule on whether a
legal challenge against the government’s approval for Heathrow expansion
can proceed, while tomorrow the CCC will present its long awaited
recommendations on whether the UK should adopt a net zero emission target.
The Committee is widely expected to call for a new 2050 target, fuelling
speculation the government could look to amend the Climate Change Act
before the summer in order to get the new goal onto the statute book as
quickly as possible.

https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3074863/alarm-bells-government-resists-calls-for-climate-emergency-ahead-of-latest-protests

May 2, 2019 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA

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