Acting on net zero now (event highlights)

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Green Alliance

Farming, News, Government, Society & Culture, Environment, Uk, Sustainability, Green Alliance

5.0 • 35 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The UK was the first major economy to set legally-binding climate commitments, the first to commit to the phase out of coal power and is now the first to put a net zero target into legislation. But legislating for net zero is only the first step, it must be accompanied by bold and effective policies, and a clear plan. This London Climate Action Week event, hosted by Green Alliance and IPPR, discusses this momentous decision and what needs to be done now to end the UK’s contribution to climate change.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Green Alliance podcast. We are the charity think tank that is all about achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.
0:11.0	I'm Gwen and in this episode I'll be bringing you the highlights from our recent event, marking the launch of our new infographic acting on net zero now.
0:20.0	This is from our cutting carbon now project
0:22.2	which we've recently launched and just a bit of background so in June of this year
0:27.3	Theresa May's government passed legislation which commits the UK to net zero carbon
0:31.8	emissions by 2050. This made the UK the first of the G7 nations to put such
0:37.1	climate commitments into law.
0:38.3	And whilst we know this action is welcome, legislating for such a commitment is the easy part,
0:43.3	and now we're at the hard part about enacting it.
0:46.3	And that's the real test for the current and future governments.
0:49.3	Our acting on Net Zero now infographic proposes five policies that could be put in place immediately
0:55.3	in order to get the UK on track and achieving its goal.
0:59.7	On the panel for this event were Ed Miliband, MP for Doncaster North and chair of IPPR's Environmental
1:05.7	Justice Commission.
1:07.1	Izzy Gournell, she's the managing director of Seahorse Environmental Communications,
1:11.6	Scarlett Westbrook, a Birmingham school striker for climate.
1:15.0	And then we also heard from Leah Davis, who's a senior advisor to the deputy mayor of London.
1:20.8	Our event began with an introduction from Green Alliance's policy director, Dustin Benton.
1:26.3	We are in a climate moment, and this is a rare, subversive moment.
1:33.3	People are in the streets, kind of protesting, climate in action.
1:36.6	Two-thirds of the public want faster climate action.
1:39.8	They're ranking above immigration, above the economy and above crime in their list of concerns.
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