Carbon Budget Delivery Plan High Court Judgment 2024-05-21
2024-05-21
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Q1
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The High Court ruled the Government's carbon budget delivery plan unlawful, posing potential issues for climate change policies.
What assessment has been made of the potential implications for her policies of the High Court judgment of 2 May 2024 relating to the Government's carbon budget delivery plan?
The Government are immensely proud of our record on climate change. We have cut emissions faster than any other G20 country over the last decade. The judgment contains no criticism of our detailed plans or the policies themselves, which will keep the UK on track to meet net zero by 2050.
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Specific implications of the High Court ruling and its impact on current policies were not addressed
Pride In Climate Record
No Criticism From Judgment
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The Government's carbon budget delivery plan has been ruled unlawful, potentially leading to severe climate consequences for future generations.
The Government have a legal and moral duty to meet our carbon emissions target. Failure to do so would consign my generation, and generations after mine, to a future of climate catastrophe, so it is beyond a joke that the Government's carbon budget delivery plan has now been ruled unlawful, not just once but twice. When will the Minister tell the flat earthers sitting behind him to stop trying to make net zero a culture war issue, and instead deliver a transition that both meets our climate obligations and improves people's living standards?
Our carbon budget delivery plan has over 300 detailed policies. We are recognised as a leader internationally, having already cut emissions by half—the first major economy to do so—with a further ambitious target to get to 68% by 2030, compared with just 55% for the shadow Secretary of State's beloved EU.
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The questioner's specific ask about addressing unlawful carbon budget plans and improving living standards was ignored
International Leadership
Emission Reduction Achievements
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